Hi Club Members & Guests,

I hope the diving has been great for you all over the past 4 weeks.

This month's guest speaker is Des Williams, one of our life members, speaking about gold recovery from the RMS NIAGARA in 1940 in NZ. The was Niagara sunk by German mine all 136 passengers and 203 crew made it to the lifeboats. The secret cargo of 590 bars of gold and half the New Zealand Army's small-arms ammunition sank with the ship. The gold, valued at NZ$350 million in 2023 dollars, was salvaged in 1942.

Following the presentation will be the photo competition, events, news and travel.

Attendance and Registration

The meeting will be held at The Clare Castle, 354 Graham St, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207. Meet at 7pm for dinner. Meeting will start at 8pm.

If there are insufficient numbers of registered attendees by 12pm (noon) on the Monday prior, we will cancel the live meeting.

If you wish to attend via zoom, the login in details are:

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85880558681?pwd=WFpqZ2pCTmpNNS9NZ3NDWGoyTHBHdz09

Meeting ID: 858 8055 8681

Passcode: 021427

If you are attending via zoom, there is no need to register.

The Committee and I are looking forward to seeing you.