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Ric Mingramm

Name

Ric Mingramm

Personal Description

Fuller figure but nice personality...comes with own credit card.

Gender

male

Birthday

1961-08-12

Nationality

Australian

Languages Spoken

Australia, Bahasa Indonesia (kecil), Japanese (intro) Swaheli (after Bundy)

Certification Level

Rescue

First Certified in

1980

Approximate total dives

over 500

Dives in the last 12 months

20-50

Available to dive

Weekends

Favourite Dive Sites

Wrecks & areas of high female activity

Favourite Critters

Sea Dragons

Gear Owned

The whole shooting match

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Articles

Coffs Harbour - Time to do it again!Coffs Harbour - Time to do it again!
Well, I take my annual pilgrimage to what is some of the best diving in Australia (not because of the diving JUST but because of the fantastic dive operator).
So that's what a remora feels like!So that's what a remora feels like!
The Rip is the name given to that renowned stretch of water at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, separating Points Lonsdale and Nepean. This area can be one of the most dangerous stretches of water on our continent, but at times can be so peaceful and calm that one could not envisage the hundreds of ships which have been lost in its vicinity.
Bruce the sharkBruce the shark
Bruce the shark in the classic movie "Finding Nemo" declares I'm having fish tonight! ... I must admit that this was my main thought as I dived for the first time with sharks at Coffs Harbour recently.
The day training became real....The day training became real....
2006 saw a different holiday as our usual foursome had now become a twosome (plus youngest son Fletcher), nevertheless Andrew ("The Bitch") and I weren't going to let that stop us having our annual week away diving.
Well at least I now have a lot of ash trays!Well at least I now have a lot of ash trays!
For those that live and dive in the temperate water of Victoria we are blessed with an abundance of readily accessible sea food - just waiting to be picked up - abalone, crayfish, scallops.
I dived the Atlantic....I dived the Atlantic....
August 2006 was a milestone month for me. In 2005 I visited Florida and was keen to dive the Bahamas and with the manatee in Florida, but Hurricane Wilma ruined all these plans.
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