Strike wrote:

Of what I partly wrote:

> > In my neck of the woods I consider that we have one of the best
> > lecturers on recreational SCUBA in Oz, if not *the* best (also a broad
> > brush statement).
> (snip)
> > BTW, he wouldn't know "video" if you belted him around the head with
> > it and, incidentally, neither he nor his wife would be seen dead
> > teaching someone as young as ten and they've been doing this stuff for
> > well over thirty years.
>
> Mate!  I've just got to ask the question.  Who is this paragon of teaching
> excellence? :-)

Mate you know exactly whom I'm referring to. Truth to tell I don't
particularly like the guy (he takes foot out of mouth simply to put
the other one in) but his wife's an absolute darling and they surely
have their dive teaching integrity well intact.

If I had a son or daughter (which I don't) who wanted to learn to
dive, these people are the ones I would send them to. Every time.

I'm not alone in this, there are many here who think the same way that
I do, including the vast majority of the members of both the local clubs.

International readers: the fact that we have *two* local clubs, both
fiercely independent of *any* Agency, is an extraordinary coincidence
rather than a common situation here in Oz. Sadly!

I guess it says something that these two are the first Honorary Life
Members of TUG (one of those Clubs), that only this year there was a
third even though the Club has been going for 25 years, close to a
lifetime in Oz SCUBA Club terms.

Cheers,

Christian