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Welcome.................................................................................................. 3About Sunreef Mooloolaba...................................................................... 4Our Location............................................................................................ 4Sunreef Mooloolaba Tour Descriptions..................................................... 5Media Release - Swim with Whales........................................................ 6Media Release - HMAS Brisbane Wreck ................................................ 7Media Release - Flinders Reef .................................................................. 8Tour Fact Sheet - Half Day Whale Swim...................................................... 9Tour Fact Sheet - HMAS Brisbane Dives................................................... 10Tour Fact Sheet - Flinders Reef Dives & Snorkeling................................ 11Tour Price List.......................................................................................... 12Contact information................................................................................ 13



WelcomeThank you for your interest in Sunreef Mooloolaba, on Australia’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, just one-hour north of Queensland’s capital Brisbane.At Sunreef Mooloolaba we are all about aquatic adventure, taking advantage of the magnificent environment on Queensland’s beautiful and naturally refreshing Sunshine Coast.We offer snorkelling, diving and Australia’s first Swim with Humpback Whales experience. We also dive every day (weather permitting) on Australia’s best military wreck HMAS Brisbane, take regular snorkeling and dive trips to Flinders Reef, one of the most beautiful reef systems in Queensland.We are also a 5-star PADI Diver Training Centre and have great facilities right on the water at The Wharf Mooloolaba, in the heart of the Sunshine Coast region.We are passionate about ensuring all our guests have an amazing experience and enjoy their visit to our world-class region.We enjoy working with media to help share the amazing experiences. We have media releases, high-resolution images and video available on our website at www.sunreef.com.au/media. If you have any questions or we offer so please don’t hesitate to contact us or our PR Director Michelle Smytheman, Reflected Image PRoductions!Kind Regards

Dan & Katie HartDan & Katie Hart,Owners, Sunreef Mooloolaba



About Sunreef MooloolabaSunreef Mooloolaba is the longest established dive centre in the region, and the largest dive centre in South East Queensland.

Sunreef Mooloolaba offers Australia’s first Swim with Humpback Whales experience, from July to October each year, as well as local reef dives, snorkelling trips and diving on the ex-HMAS Brisbane.A 5-Star PADI Training Centre, we offers accredited dive courses for all levels of divers and plan and guide international dive trips and travel as well as dive equipment sales and servicing.

Our LocationSunreef Mooloolaba located on Queensland’s naturally refreshing Sunshine Coast.Mooloolaba is at the heart of the Sunshine Coast and is easy to access from Brisbane’s International Airport or flighting direct to the Sunshine Coast Airport just 20 minutes away.The Sunshine Coast is a safe and popular destination, thanks to its easy access, local airport and proximity to Brisbane, Australia’s third largest city.Sunshine Coast Airport, centrally located in Marcoola, has regular direct flights from Sydney and Melbourne, as well as a seasonal service from Auckland, New Zealand.Alternatively, Brisbane Airport is both an international and domestic gateway to Queensland with transfers and door-to-door airport

shuttle services to the Sunshine Coast. Transport between Brisbane Airport and the Sunshine Coast can also be accessed via the train to Beerwah, Landsborough or Nambour. Limousines can be booked for private transfers.The Sunshine Coast is a diverse region with kilometres of pristine beaches, freshwater rivers and lakes, as well as a gorgeous hinterland featuring subtropical forests and of course we are blessed with warm sunshine pretty much year round.For our Aquatic adventures this means warm sea temperatures year round, rarely dropping below 20 degrees Celcius even in winter.



Sunreef Mooloolaba Tour DescriptionsSunreef Mooloolaba offer a variety of aquatic experiences on the Sunshine Coast. Below are descriptions for our moat popular tours. More activities and dive training can be booked by customers during their visits including PADI dive training, standup paddleboarding, kayaking and canoeing, tank dives and more.

1. Swimming with Humpback WhalesExperience Australia’s first Swim with Humpback Whales encounters with Sunreef Mooloolaba.Join us aboard one of our comfortable vessels and travel in search of these gentle giants. Once a whale is sighted, the boat is put into neutral 100m or more away from the whale, and if conditions are deemed safe by our trained crew, a guide will lead swimmers into the water with a floating safety line attached to the boat.This experience is 100% on the Whales’ terms and sparks their curiosity, with whales often swimming closer to see who is hanging out in their domain. Even if you don’t get to swim with the whales, it is an intimate whale watching experience. These tours are seasonal from July to October - call the Dive Centre to check dates and availability.

2. Diving HMAS BrisbaneDive one the World’s best Wrecks, the ex-HMAS Brisbane. A decommissioned guided missile destroyer, she was scuttled just 2.9 nautical miles off the Sunshine Coast more than ten years ago. This makes it a easy venture out and is available to dive all year round. Sunreef has exclusive use of the two midship moorings, so in a double dive you can visit the entire wreck comfortably. Explore the outside of the wreck and encounter the abundance of local aquatic sea life that inhabits her. Then explore within the ship, enter the engine room or even visit the control room where her kill switches are still in tact.

3. Diving or Snorkeling Flinders ReefFlinders Reef is one of the most beautiful dive sites in Queensland. Haled by divers and snorkellers alike for its pristine conditions and stunning visibility year round. Flinders Reef is known for the abundance of different species of Turtles, which inhabit the entire reef system. If beautiful coral reefs are your idea of the perfect dive, look no further. It has the highest number of coral species of any sub tropical reef system along Australia’s East Coast. Swim throughs and pinnacles are scattered throughout this reef with something new to discover each time. Sunreef is the only company on the Sunshine Coast currently offering full 60-minute dives at stunning Flinders Reef.See Tour Fact Sheets and Terms and Conditions for more information.



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Swim with Humpback Whales on Queensland’s Sunshine CoastAS the humpback whales are feeding up in the Antarctic ready for their migration to a warmer climate for winter, Sunreef Mooloolaba is preparing for their third Swim with Whales season on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.Sunreef Mooloolaba’s Dan Hart said the whales are currently feeding, eating in excess of one tonne of krill and small fish a day, increasing their blubber reserves, which they will live off throughout their migration north, not eating apart from the occasional opportune feed until they return home.Sunreef Mooloolaba are the pioneers of Swimming with Humpback Whales in Australia and are looking forward to again hosting more than 2000 guests from throughout Australia and the world during the four-month season from 8th July to 23rd October.“Swimming with these gentle giants of the deep is an almost indescribable privilege and something you will remember forever. It is very special – I love hearing everyone’s reactions as well – as soon as people spot them you can hear everyone squealing excitedly through their snorkels,” Dan said.Dan said the four-hour tours, which complied with national whale watching guidelines as well as Sunreef’s own strict Code of Practice, provide a unique and intimate experience with just 20 guests aboard. Guests need to be eight years or older and be competent swimmers. All children must also be accompanied by an adult.“Once everyone has been kitted out with a wetsuit and snorkelling gear at our Dive Centre, we jump aboard the boats – either one of Sunreef’s own vessels or Australia Zoo’s research vessel Croc One – and we head out.”“Each trip starts full briefing on what to expect and safety procedures before heading out the river mouth. Then it’s all eyes on the water – the whales generally swim along the same path – what we call the whale highway, which is about 15 nautical miles off the Coast but we often can encounter them much closer.“We look for the tell tail “blow” which is water that is projected between three and six metres high from two blow holes (or nostrils) between the whale’s snout and dorsal fin. On average, adult whales surface every five to 15 minutes but can dive and stay submerged for up to 45 minutes. Calves must surface every three to five minutes.” Dan said.“Then once a whale or pod of whales is sighted we follow them at a safe distance for a while before positioning the boat more than 100metres away and putting it in neutral. If the conditions are determined safe by our trained crew, swimmers will be allowed into the water with a guide and a floating safety line attached to the boat.“From this point it’s all up to the whale – it is a natural experience and it is 100% on the whale’s own terms. Even if you don’t get to swim with the whales this is still an intimate and awesome whale watching experience,” Dan said.Dan said that 2016, is shaping up to be a big year for the Swim with the Whales experience with over 22,000 whales expected to migrate north for the winter.“With the season running from the 8th July to 28th October, there are a limited number of trips available, with only 20 spots available on each vessel. We are encouraging people to book early and consider booking two to three experiences to avoid disappointment due to weather cancellation.“I just can’t wait to get in the water with them again. It’s such a unique experience that every time it’s just like my first all over again. It’s almost indescribable but it gives you a rare insight into their world – it gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.The Swim with Whale Experience is just $149 per person. Sunreef Mooloolaba, based in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, is the longest established dive centre in the region and the largest in South East Queensland. Sunreef is a PADI 5 Star Training Centre and offers accredited dive courses for all levels of divers as well as local reef dives in the Sunshine Coast region including the ex-HMAS Brisbane and offers international dive trips and travel as well as Swim with the Whales experience, dive equipment sales and servicing.For more information on Sunreef, the Swim with Whales Experience and Sunreef’s diving adventures, including the world-class ex-HMAS Brisbane wreck, visit www.sunreef.com.au

ENDSFor more information contact Michelle Smytheman - 0408 401 198 or email [email protected]



A blanket of fish part like curtains opening as you swim through long corridors and the confined living quarters that would have once been teeming with navy personnel as they travelled the world on Australia’s behalf serving in both the Vietnam and Gulf wars and countless peace keeping missions.It can be an eerie feeling as the sound of your breathing is replaced by imagined echoes of footsteps and every day naval life, but it’s one of the world’s best wreck dives and its right here in the beautiful temperate waters of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.The ex-HMAS Brisbane, now a marine park, was scuttled just three nautical miles off the coast just over 10 years ago and is now teeming with more than 200 species of sea life from small and large fish, to hard and soft corals, the smallest nudibranchs to larger occupants like resident bull rays and octopuses and seasonal visitors like grey nurse and leopard sharks.From the moment you drop over the side of Sunreef Mooloolaba’s comfortable catamarans from their two exclusive midship moorings, the ship slowly revels itself starting with the stacks, just five metres from the surface, and as you go deeper through schools of batfish, snapper and barracuda, the main deck and the bulk of the 133metre destroyer partially reveals itself.From the main deck, 15 metres from the surface, you can begin exploring the exterior of the ship which is completely encrusted with hard corals, checking out the huge guns juxtaposed with the beauty of crown, scorpion and damsel fish. Stop and say hello to the resident octopus hanging out around the portholes before dropping down to the sandy sea floor at 28 metres where you will more than likely be greeted to Roxy, a huge bull ray and her entourage of sand and honeycomb rays.Once you move inside, the sounds of the sea are muffled and with the darkness exploring becomes a close encounter, as the massive engine room, the confined bunkrooms and living quarters and their new undersea residents are revealed by your torchlight. Rather than naval commanders, the control room is now filled with glassfish and is also home to feather stars and painted crayfish. Back outside, another highlight is swimming beneath the massive rear propellers ducked until the rear deck and if you are lucky you might be cruising the wreck with the occasional grey nurse shark in winter, or leopard shark in summer.Sunreef’s experienced instructors have travelled the world scuba diving, but they still list the HMAS Brisbane among their all-time favourite diving experiences and feel lucky to watch it change with the season. It’s suitable for divers of all skill levels and was specially prepared before scuttling to allow easy and safe access throughout the ship. It’s position also means its protected from strong surges and the visibility is great – from 15 to 30 metres.To find out more or book a double dive that you will want to keep coming back to again and again, call the Sunreef team on +61 7 5444 5656 or visit www.sunreef.com.au.



HMAS Brisbane - A world-class wreck dive teeming with sealife and the echos of Australian naval history



A colourful tapestry of gorgeous coral teeming with sealife awaits divers and snorkellers when they venture into the waters at Flinders Reef, north east of Moreton Island in South East Queensland.Sunreef Mooloolaba’s Dan Hart said Flinders Reef was by far and away one of Queensland’s best reefs offering pristine conditions and stunning visibility year-round.“It is a gorgeous reef system offering swim throughs and pinnacles meaning their is always something new to discover and the conditions make is suitable for divers of all levels of experience as well as snorkelers and those wanting to complete an introductory dive,” Dan said.“Being so far south and away from the Great Barrier Reef, Flinders Reef is a bit of a well kept secret but there are more than 175 species of fish as well as an abundance of different specific of turtles as well as octopus, and the highest number of coral species of any sub-tropical reef system along Australia’s East Coast.“The colours of the coral and sealife are just spectacular,” Dan said.“Every time I go I see something different and its amazing how the reef changes with the seasons.”Sunreef Mooloolaba offer regular full-day trips to Flinders Reef, with an easy one and a half hour boat ride to the reef. The tour includes lunch on board between dives and snorkelling.It’s suitable for divers of all skill levels and snorkellers can even all an introductory dive to their experience.Sunreef’s experienced instructors have travelled the world scuba diving, but they still list Flinders Reefs among their all-time favourite diving experiences. To find out more or book your all day Flinders Reef trip, call the Sunreef team on +61 7 5444 5656 or visit www.sunreef.com.au.



Sub tropical Flinders Reef is one of Queensland’s best



Tour Fact Sheet - Half Day Whale Swim Departure location: Sunreef Mooloolaba, The Wharf Mooloolaba, 123 Parkyn Parade Mooloolaba, QLD 4557 P: +61 7 5444 5656E: [email protected] Guests to meet at the shop for wetsuit fittings etc, but GUESTS MUST CONTACT THE DIVE CENTRE between 3 and 5pm, the day prior to their trip to confirm departure time. Departure time:Mornings: 7am – 8.30am Afternoons: 11.30am - 12noon.Return Time:Approximately five hours after meet time – generally around 12 or 1pm (morning trip), and 4-5pm (afternoon trip) but this depends on departure time.Trip Inclusions: Trip includes wetsuit, mask, fins, snorkel hire, boat trip in search of whales, snacks on board & hot snacks on return. What to bring: Guests should bring bathers/swimmers, towel, dry clothes, sunscreen, hat, camera/GoPro, a sense of adventure.Other information: Whale swim tours are seasonal from July to October each year.

There is no guarantee that guests will get to swim with the whales, as this is a 100% natural experience in the whales’ natural environment. Sunreef staff will make the final decision as to whether it is appropriate to enter the water with the whales, in the interests of both guests’ and whales safety. Additionally, staff will have the final say as to a guest’s in-water ability. Minimum age for swimmers is 8 years and younger children are allowed for whale watching only. All children must be supervised by an adult. A minimum of 6 guests are required for these tours to run.Terms and Conditions apply - see the Sunreef Website for details.



Tour Fact Sheet - HMAS Brisbane Dives Departure location: Sunreef Mooloolaba, The Wharf Mooloolaba, 123 Parkyn Parade Mooloolaba, QLD 4557 P: +61 7 5444 5656E: [email protected] Departure time: Mornings 7am – 8.30amAfternoons: 11.30am to 12noon Meet at the Dive Centre for wetsuit fittings etc, but GUESTS MUST CONTACT THE DIVE CENTRE between 3-5pm the day prior to their trip to confirm departure time.Return Time: Mornings: Approximately 12noon Afternoons: Approximately 4-5pm(depends on departure time)

Trip Inclusions: Trip includes tanks + weights, marine park permits, surface interval, light snacks and hot beverages aboard and hot snacks on return. Our rate does NOT include dive equipment but this can be hired at an additional cost on the day. Cameras are also available to hire. What to bring: Guests should bring bathers/swimmers, towel, dry clothes, sunscreen, hat, camera/GoPro, dive equipment (if not hiring) and a sense of adventure.Terms and Conditions apply - see the Sunreef Website for details.



Tour Fact Sheet - Flinders Reef Dives & SnorkellingDeparture location: Sunreef Mooloolaba, The Wharf Mooloolaba, 123 Parkyn Parade Mooloolaba, QLD 4557 P: +61 7 5444 5656E: [email protected] Meet at the Dive Centre for wetsuit fittings etc, but GUESTS MUST CONTACT THE DIVE CENTRE between 3-5pm the day prior to their trip to confirm departure time. Departure time: Approximately 7am. Return Time:Approximately 4pm, (depends on departure time) Trip Inclusions: The trip includes boat trip, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. For snorkellers, the trip includes wetsuit, mask, snorkel & fins. For divers tanks & weights only unless other gear has been hired. What to bring: Guests should bring bathers/swimmers, towel, dry clothes, sunscreen, hat, camera/GoPro, a sense of adventure.Terms and Conditions apply - see the Sunreef Website for details.



Prices valid from

01/04/2017to

31/03/2018

Sunreef Mooloolaba Tour Price List

PRODUCT Features Price

1. Swimming with Whales

Four hour whale watching and swim with whales experienceTrip includes:• wetsuit, mask, fins, snorkel hire• boat trip• snacks on board & hot snacks on return. Seasonal from July to October each year- check with Sunreef for dates. See Fact Sheet for details and conditions.

$149.00

2. HMAS Brisbane

Double Dive HMAS Brisbane (approx 4 and a half hours)Trip includes:• tanks + weights only, with other gear available for hire at Dive Centre• boat trip• marine park permits• surface interval• light snacks and hot beverages aboard• hot snacks on return. See Fact Sheet for details and conditions.

$195.00

3a. Diving Flinders Reef

Full day Flinders Reef Trip includes:• tanks & weights only with other gear available for hire at Dive Centre • boat trip• morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. See Fact Sheet for more details and conditions.

$229.00

3b. Snorkelling Flinders Reef

Full day Flinders ReefTrip includes:• wetsuit, mask, snorkel and fin hire• boat trip• morning tea, lunch and afternoon teaSee Fact Sheet for more details and conditions.Upgrade to Introductory Dive on Flinders Reef Trip

$159.00

+ $75.00

Terms and conditions apply to all tours. Please see the Tour Fact Sheets and the General Terms & Conditions on Sunreef’s Website for more information.

Below are the product inclusions and Retail Prices for Sunreef Mooloolaba’s tours. For more information about each tour, please see the fact sheets that follow.



Contact us for more informationLocation & Postal Address:

Sunreef MooloolabaThe Wharf Mooloolaba123 Parkyn ParadeMooloolaba, QLD 4557 AUSTRALIA

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Michelle SmythemanPR Director, Reflected Image PRoductionsP: +61 (0)7 5445 2633M: +61 (0)410 130 539 E: [email protected]: www.reflectedimage.com.au

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