Students go snorkelling

Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus students from this year's and next year's marine studies class visited the Sydney Institute of Marine Science earlier this term.

They also went snorkelling in Sydney Harbour to explore old defensive tunnels at Middle Head.

A National Parks Ranger gave the group a tour of the tunnel and gun system that was supposed to defend Australia from Russian and later Japanese invasion.

The classes also visited the underground room where SAS soldiers in the 60s were put through days of sleep deprivation and torture to prepare them for fighting and possibly being captured in Vietnam.

Students said the highlight of the day was snorkelling with a marine biologist and environmental biologist in Sydney Harbour.

Students were supplied with a wetsuit and snorkelling equipment and then given an instructional and safety talk before hitting the water.

Amongst the creatures spotted were cuttlefish, pipe fish, crabs and sea horses.

Newsletter, 17 Dec 2012

Frank Gasper, Brisbane Water Secondary College