Quicksilver Group News

News for September, 2011

A Challenge that took 965 DAYS

A Challenge that took 965 DAYS

Great Adventures is delighted to welcome our first female Master Class V Skipper, Amanda Matthies.  Spending the past 3 years and a total of 965 days at sea being a deckie and a coxswain, Amanda was then able to sit for a six-week full time course to gain her Skipper license. » Read the full Story

Rare sighting of an endangered Ornate Eagle Ray

Rare sighting of an endangered Ornate Eagle Ray

Silversonic passengers and crew recently enjoyed an amazing experience, when an Ornate Eagle Ray (Aetomylaeus vespertilio) was spotted swimming around “Barracuda Bommie”, one of Quicksilver’s remote dive sites on the Agincourt reefs. » Read the full Story

Challenging conditions and new course record set at Green Island Ocean Swim

Challenging conditions and new course record set at Green Island Ocean Swim


In challenging conditions, 106 avid ocean swimmers took to the water to compete in Great Adventures annual Green Island Ocean Swim on Sunday 4th September. » Read the full Story