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Meet The Team

Gareth Spurling

Gareth is the owner of AllWays Diving. He started AllWays Diving in April 1998. An SSI (ScubaGareth Schools International) Instructor Trainer and Certifier, has owned AllWays Diving since it was opened.

Gareth enjoys all levels of scuba diving from teaching Open Water Scuba Courses to leading scuba diving trips to places like Santo, the Solomon Islands, Truk and Fiji. He particularly enjoys photography on reef dives and diving the World War II ship wrecks found around the Pacific Ocean.

Gareth is certified to teach all levels of scuba diving including Open Water Courses, Specialties, Dive Controllers, Instructors, Specialty Instructors and Technical Diving.

 

 

 

Sheryl MorrisSheril

Sheryl is the not-so-silent partner at AllWays Diving. Sheryl does a great job looking after accounts and keeping the administration running smoothly.

Sheryl is an active team member assisting with the organistional side of running a growing business and creating ideas to help make AllWays Diving an enjoyable place for divers to partake their diving passions.

Sheryl has a remarkable knowledge of dive equipment, how it should be used and what type of equipment will suit a particular customer.

 

Norm BowkettNorm Bowkett

Position Instructor
Number of Dives  200 + and Climbing
Diving Certifications

Open Water Instructor
Working on Specialty Instructor
First Aid
Oxygen Provider
Med Diver
Deep Diver
Wreck Diver

Number of Years Diving
Experience
3 Years (Plus a bit)
Diving History
(Locations ETC)

Brisbane
 Cook Island (Once or Twice)
 Moreton Island (All round it)
 Stradbroke Island
 Variopus Reefs and
Solomon Islands

Best Dive Experience

Every Dive is a good dive!

Possibly the Solomon Islands? 

Why I Chose to Work with the Professionals at AllWays Diving TBC

Eric Wilkinson AllWays Diving

Eric Wilkinson

Position Instructor
Number of Dives  400 + and Climbing
Diving Certifications

Scubaholic
Open Water Instructor
Working on Specialty Instructor
First Aid
Oxygen Provider
Med Diver

Number of Years Diving
Experience
10 Years + (with the odd dry year)
Diving History
(Locations ETC)

New Zealand - Canterbury, Kaikoura, Queen Charlotte Sounds (Mikahel Lermontov), Wellington Harbour and surrounds, Bay of Islands.

Vavau Tonga

Many site around Brisbane including (but not only) Cherubs Cave, China wall, Gotham City, Flat Rock, Curtin Artificial Reef, Ex HMAS Brisbane, and of course, the Tweed River and Cook Island.

Best Dive Experience

Hmmm!!! - to choose only one! There are so many to choose from for so many different reasons!

I love diving so I guess the best dive experience I have had has been sharing the first dive on many peoples' diving exploits and leading them into a great sport.

Why I Chose to Work with the Professionals at AllWays Diving They are a friendly crew, good people, always friendly, always helpful, always good for a laugh while maintaining safety.

 

Lisa Van Zeeland Lisa Van Zeeland

Position Dive Controller
Number of Dives 90
Diving Certifications Night and Limited Visibility
Nitrox
Deep
Search and Recovery
Stress and Rescue
Drift
Navigation
First Aid and Oxygen Delivery
Number of Years Diving
Experience
1
Diving History
(Locations ETC)
South East Queensland, Tulumbin Bali, Sabah
Best Dive Experience Wolf Rock with the Grey Nurse Sharks
Why I Chose to Work with the Professionals at AllWays Diving They have always been really supportive, helpful and enthusiastic.

 

 Tony KeleTony Kele

Position Dive Controller
Number of Dives 145
Diving Certifications Dive Master (PADI)
Dive Controller (SSI)
Number of Years Diving
Experience
5
Diving History
(Locations ETC)
Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Northern NSW, South West Rocks, Bunker Group
Best Dive Experience  South West Rocks Cave
Why I Chose to Work with the Professionals at AllWays Diving Convenient and Gareth's Experience and Knowledge.

 

 

 

Neil CoyneNeil Coyne

Position Dive Controller
Number of Dives 150
Diving Certifications Deep
Wreck
Night and Limited Visibility
Search and Recovery
Stress and Rescue
Nitrox 
Dive Controller
SSI Instructor
Number of Years Diving
Experience
5
Diving History
(Locations ETC)
Bowen
Yongala Wreck
Bunker Group
Moreton Bay
Stradbroke Island
Tweed River
Southport Seaway
Cook Island
Best Dive Experience  Every Dive!
Why I Chose to Work with the Professionals at AllWays Diving

 I have been with many shops and AllWays Diving is by far the best. They care about what they sell, how the customers are treated and the staff.

 

 Margareth Watts divecontroller

Margaret Watts

Position

Dive Controller
Scuba Ranger Instructor

Number of Dives 900+
Diving Certifications

Open Water
Advanced Open Water
Rescue
Search and Recovery
Master Diver
Wreck Diver
Deep Diver
Night/Limited Visibility
Meddive

Number of Years Diving
Experience
10+
Diving History
(Locations ETC)

Most of the East Coast of Australia
Great Barrier Reef
Moreton Bay
Flinders' Reef
Stradbroke Island
Cook Island
Fish Rock Cave
Red Sea

Best Dive Experience The Lagoon of Loloata
The President Coolidge
Why I Chose to Work with the Professionals at AllWays Diving

I love working with Children and Diving.  At AllWays DIving Ia can do both!

 

Ian McLeod

Position Mostly Horizontal - sometimes vertical - usually wet
Number of Dives Lots
Diving Certifications

NAUI Open Water
SSI Rescue
SSI Hookah
SSI Dive Controller
SSI Instructor

Number of Years Diving
Experience
19 - (I started in 1979 but had a 10 year break, I resumed diving in 1999)
Diving History
(Locations ETC)
Torres Strait
Perth Reefs
Ningaloo
Moreton Island and surrounds
Red Sea
HMAS Brisbane
HMAS Swan
Lihir Island
Tweed River (many times)
Plus lots of other east Coast Dives
Best Dive Experience Either Flat Rock off Stradbroke Island
OR
Fish Rock Cave at South West Rocks
Why I Chose to Work with the Professionals at AllWays Diving

Because they are Professional!

 Wayne Hockaday

Wayne Hockaday

Position

In the Shop on Saturdays

Diving when possible

Number of Dives 80+
Diving Certifications

Master Diver

Number of Years Diving
Experience
10 Years
Diving History
(Locations ETC)

Vanuatu Port Villa and Santo

 Phillipines

Fiji

Whitsundays, Bunker Group and all areas around Brisbane.and South-East Queensland,

Best Dive Experience The bar at Fiji - updated to the bar in Sabang in the Phillipines
Why I Chose to Work with the Professionals at AllWays Diving

Requst from Sheryl.