PIONEER of MODERN EXPECT MORE … DIVING Customer Care Program Celebrating 50 years of service to the dive community, Mike Ball Dive Expeditions On arrival, your Trip Director consults with you Spoilsport offers unsurpassed ‘world class’ liveaboard diving. to discover your specific needs. As an inductee into the International Hall of Fame, joining greats like Ecology Program , Mike Ball was honoured for his contribution to the growth and Complimentary daily presentations on the difference! development of scuba diving and his pioneering efforts in the liveaboard industry. biology, geography and ecology of the Great Unmatched space and stability. Barrier Reef. As the first Australian dive school to supply BCDs & SPGs in 1969; building a hi-tec Purpose-built for Mike Ball Dive Expeditions to provide divers with a new level of training facility and a fleet of widely acclaimed, award winning ; introducing Digital Photo Competition - for compact and comfort and convenience. Spoilsport is the most stable and spacious vessel operating the first formal Program; being the first to offer services on an SLR photographers. in the Coral Sea. Her twin hull design minimises seasickness. Australian liveaboard and part of the test team for the Nautilus Lifeline GPS locator. Dive Guides Guests who require supervision are offered: • Complimentary orientation dives to enhance skills. • A scheduled morning and afternoon guided dive plus ad hoc dives with staff. • On every dive two staff are locating marine life or guiding guests.

Two large inflatables Dive Safety & Freedom Your diving enjoyment and safety is of utmost importance to us. Ensure you select an expedition that matches your ability. • Nautilus Lifeline - all divers are supplied with this GPS locator. Huge dive deck Daily cabin service Premium cabin with ensuite. • Novice divers - are provided orientation dives to enhance skills. • Experienced divers - are given ample freedom to plan their dives. • The Open Deck - gives you the choice on Rebreather service how much diving you do. • Dives are from - Spoilsport or the two large inflatables.

Rebreather Service Complimentary use of diluent & bailout cylinders.

Safe Solo Program Caters to certified solo divers. Spacious sundeck World heritage marine park views. Nautilus GPS locator Luxurious lounge

AWESOME CREW RESERVATIONS: (07) 4053 0500 The luxurious motor yacht atmosphere is complemented by an INTL PHONE: +61 7 4053 0500 EMAIL: [email protected] attentive 12 person crew who have won numerous Tourism & OFFICE HOURS: 8:30am - 5:00pm AEST Monday to Friday Dive Industry awards including Best Food and Best Crew. AFTER HOURS CONTACT: +61 407 146 834 For latest testimonials check out TripAdvisor. POSTAL ADDRESS: 2/3 Abbott Street, Cairns, Qld. 4870 Australia Enjoy Spoilsports resort-style service in the spacious lounge, saloon, alfresco deck, sundeck and dive deck. Warm towels www.mikeball.com after each dive. INDUSTRY PARTNERS MBDE CHARROA & CORAL SEA Your award-winning food and service caters to all dietary St Wharf WORLD CLASS requirements. Your chef prepares all meals fresh vegetarians & LIVEABOARD ADVENTURES Attentive service vegans are catered for with their own menu. * Mike Ball Dive Expeditions reserves the right to change any information without notice. 2019 • 2021 Itineraries subject to change in adverse weather. Prices in Australian Dollars. Papua New Guinea

Thrilling underwater encounters and spectacular dive sites in some of the“ remotest parts of the Fenstanton “ Volga - Mecca & Phoenix Great Barrier Reef. 7 Horn Island Quetta 7 Cairns – Australian National Geographic Society Yearbook SKIMMING JUST ABOVE THE DIVE SITES! Turtle Spectacular North & South 2020 Northern

Our ‘Fly Dive’ flight takes a specially designed flight path along the outer Cape York Territory Great Barrier Reef where you have a bird’s eye view of the dive sites. Pandora Queensland 80% of the flight is just 180m above sea level. Western Sanders Reef Australia Jardine River National Park Raine Island AUSTRALIA'S MOST AWARDED DIVE VESSEL Three Reefs Crustys Perisher Blue South Turmoil Oh My Bommie Australia Twin Peaks Recognised world wide for superior diving and service Mike Ball Dive Expeditions has Devils Garden Big Woody Great Special Expeditions - Discover Coral Sea Wilderness Magic Kingdom Cracker Detached Reef received considerably more awards than any other Australian operator. HMAS Warrnambool New South Wales 7 Cape Cape Granville Expeditions - Departs Thursday and Monday Mantis Reef Victoria Arienne Shizue Wrasses Wrath York Kicker Lockhart Southern Small Detached River Tijou Reef Tasmania Pussy Galore

Catchers Mitt Peninsula 5 Minke whale. © Vanessa Mignon Pristine coral, Raine Island SS Yongala. © Brandon Cole TMO North Horn Mambo #5 Fairy Grotto FAR NORTH CORAL SEA EXPLORATORY - 7 NIGHT Admiralty R4 MINKE WHALE Nautilus R3 2020 departures – 3 September, 1 October, 24 December Aladins Cave R2 Shark Attraction, Coral Sea. © Damien Siviero Diver size fish at the . Soft corals, Osprey Reef. Fast Eddies 3, 4 & 7 Nights (June - July) This 650 mile expedition explores three unique regions: remote Coral Sea; Pirate’s Cove False Entrance Trout Forest 5 Rapid Horn The Abyss the Far Northern Reefs & the superb Ribbon Reefs. Fuel Levy $44. Mungkan Kandju Shark Reef Big Blue

FLY DIVE CORAL SEA FLY DIVE COD HOLE CORAL SEA SAFARI with minke whales and diving at our National Park Jewell Reef Premium $5889pp Standard $5410pp Club $4726pp Budget $4027pp Stanley Island Hilder Reef 4 nights / 14 Dives 3 nights / 12 Dives 7 nights / 26 Dives best Ribbon Reef dive sites. 7 Hicks Reef Princess Day Reef Thursday 6pm to Monday 11am Monday 7am to Thursday 8am Thursday 6pm to Thursday 8am Charlotte Cooks Passage Same rates as the Fly Dive itineraries. Focus on YONGALA WRECK AND CORAL SEA - 6 NIGHT Bay Dynamite Pass Our best selection of Coral Sea dive sites at Our best selection of Ribbon Reef dive sites This fabulous expedition combines minke interactions with all diving at Ribbon Reefs. 2020 departures – 27 March, 24 April. 2021 departures – Check website. Lizard Island 2 The Cod Hole Coral Sea Osprey & Bougainville Reef; max out on viz; north of Cooktown. Suitable for all experience the 4 Night Coral Sea and 3 Night Cod Hole Cape Melville R1 5 MARINE PARK This expedition combines adventure diving: SS Yongala Wreck; dramatic vertical walls Lighthouse Bommie Vertical Gardens Spectacular reef flight along the outer Great Gotham City wall diving; pelagics & sharks. levels. featured left. Experience the best diving of Goggle Gardens 8 Barrier Reef to or from Lizard Island. of Holmes and Flinders Reef. This expedition is booked as a 6 night expedition. Pixie Wall Coral Kingdom two contrasting marine eco systems in just Lake eld Pixie Maze West End Pixie Pinnacle 6 • Osprey Reef – Recently proclaimed Shark • Amazing low level reef flight along the Great one week on this 430 mile diving safari. Dive back in time and into history. Start Townsville, finish Cairns National Park Summary – Minke Whales & Ribbon Reefs. 3 Sanctuary; 2-3 shark attraction dives. Barrier Reef to Lizard Island. Premium $5580pp Standard $5120pp Club $4470pp Budget $3810pp No flight on this expedition. Experience – Snorkelers to Advanced divers. Andy’s Postcard 1 Spectacular topography, sheer walls, Cracker Jack • Explore reefs from Lizard Is. to Cooktown. Cape Flattery Bougainville Reef Mid expedition our staff invite you on a Clam Beds Little Bay soft and hard corals; big fish action in N Steve’s Bommie • All dives 100 miles north of Cairns. Cooktown Dungeons & Dragons 40 metre visibility. short excursion to Lizard Island. CORAL SEA EXPLORATORY - 7 NIGHT Joani’s Joy SS Atlas • Ribbon Reef’s best fish & coral biodiversity. Courses Cost W E Summer Bay Crystal Plateau 2020 departures – 23 July Flare Point Anchors Away MV Antonio Tarabocchia • Bougainville Reef – Dungeons & Dragons’ R3 R4 • Diver size fish at Cod Hole. Advanced Course 260 (exc. gear) This annual expedition combines adventure diving in the Coral Sea with the best of Emily Wreck labyrinth of caves & caverns and giant potato Step back in time at the ruins of Mrs Watsons’ Endeavour Reef Unique Lizard Island Flights • Dynamite Pass, Lighthouse Bommie, the Great Barrier Reefs’ Ribbon Reefs. The initial phase of this expedition focuses on S Cape Tribulation 80% is 180 metres above dive sites cod at Crystal Plateau. Cottage; walk through the mangrove swamp Course 310 (inc. 3 days Nitrox fills) Mt. Sorrow Gotham City, Pixie Pinnacle, Coral Kingdom, providing an opportunity to encounter swimming with dwarf minke whales. • Low level reef flight along Great Barrier Reef boardwalk and stroll up Chinaman’s Ridge. 8 Cracker Jack, Flare Point and Summer Bay. Self-Relient Diver 285 from Lizard Island to Cairns. This presents magnificent views of the island Premium $5889pp Standard $5410pp Club $4726pp Budget $4027pp Daintree National Park 7 • Steve’s Bommie; best fish biodiversity site. and reefs below. U/W Photography 260 (exc. camera use) 6 5 Holmes Reef R3 R4 5 8 Amazing Deep Diver 300 SHARK SHOOTER AND MACRO SHOOTOUT - 7, 4 & 3 NIGHT Port Douglas Nonki Bommie 3 3 Abyss Summary – Adventure diving. Summary – Best marine biodiversity. Summary – Best adventure and biodiversity. 2020 departures – 6, 10 August 1 Cathedral Naturalist 220 Discover the big & small. A special Coral Sea Safari with daily shark & macro Map Key 2 Far North Coral SeaFly ExploratoryDive Coral Sea Experience – Advanced divers, 15 logged Experience – Novice to Advanced divers Experience – Preferably Advanced divers Coral Sea Safari ocean dives. and snorkelers. with 15 logged ocean dives. photography workshops with renowned underwater photographer Damien Siviero. Standard Expeditions Special Expeditions 6 See expeditions left, for prices and itineraries 7, 4 & 3 night April 20 – March 21 Coral Sea Exploratory 1 4 Cabins Apr 19 - Mar 20 Apr 20 - Mar 21 Cabins Apr 19 - Mar 20 Apr 20 - Mar 21 Cabins Apr 19 - Mar 20 Apr 20 - Mar 21 Rentals & Extras Cost Fly Dive Coral Sea - 4 Nights Yongala Wreck & Coral Sea Expedition Cairns Continental Shelf 4 Cairns to Lizard Island Townsville to Cairns 8 Budget 2254 2321 Budget 1987 2047 Budget 3910 4027 Reg, ocy, gauges 15/Day TURTLE SPECTACULAR - 7 NIGHT 1 3 5 6 7 2020 departures – 19, 26 November Club 2592 2670 Club 2305 2375 Club 4588 4726 BCD 10/Day 2 Fly Dive Cod Hole - 3 Nights 5 Far North Coral Sea Exploratory The best of the far northern Great Barrier Reef, 400 miles north of Cairns: Cod Hole; TMO; Lizard Island to Cairns Cairns to Cairns Standard 2872 2958 Standard 2602 2680 Standard 5252 5410 Computer 12/Day Mambo #5; Aladins Cave; Great Detached & the world’s largest green turtle population at Raine Island. 19 Nov start Cairns, finish Horn Island; 26 Nov start Horn island finish Cairns. Taylor Reef Flinders Reef Premium 3150 3244 Premium 2850 2935 Premium 5717 5889 Gear 5/Day 3 Coral Sea Safari - 7 Nights 6 Coral Sea Exploratory 2020 Cod Wall Rock Arch Premium $6089pp Standard $5610pp Club $4926pp Budget $4227pp Cairns to Cairns Cairns to Cairns Light/Torch 10/Day Geronimoes Fan Fair See website for more detail. Lady Bowen Watanabe Accommodation 10/Day *All itineraries subject to change. Prices in Australian Dollars. 7 Turtle Spectacular 2020 R Research Projects Myrmidon Ocean Views Beds Bathroom Cabins Full Equip. Rental 44/Day R1. Minke Whale Research Cairns to Horn Is. or Horn Is. to Cairns Hinchinbrook Island R Research Projects R2. Shark Research Flights not included. Budget No Twin Bunk Share U/W Camera (from) 50/Day R3. 3D Mapping AIMS Bommie R4. Studies Mike Ball Dive Expeditions supports the following research: Palm Isles Club No Twin Bunk Private EMC (per day on the GBR) 7/Day 8 Shark Shooter & Macro Shootout 2020 R1 Minke Whale Research, Dr Alastair Birtles, James Cook University, Qld. Mike Ball Great Barrier Reef Cairns to Cairns 4 Standard Ye s Twin Private Nitrox Fills 25/Day Wheeler Reef R2 Shark Research, Richard Fitzpatrick & Adam Barnett, Osprey Reef, Standard Expedition dive sites exclusively north of Cooktown. Magnetic Island Sea Coral Wreck Yongala Premium Ye s Queen/Dbl Private Nautilus GPS & SMB FOC James Cook University, Qld. R3 3D Mapping, Dr Rob Beaman, James Cook University, Qld. 0 25 50 75 100 SS Gothenburg Plate Corals - Ribbon Reefs R4 Coral Reef Studies, Dr. Tom Bridge, Museum of Tropical Queensland. Townsville Nautical Miles 4 Ayr SS Yongala