Quicksilver Group News

News for 2010

Charities Celebrate Tourism’s Generosity

Charities Celebrate Tourism’s Generosity

The Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul, Lifeline and the Douglas Shire community are all recipients of this year’s donations from the 7th annual Quicksilver Group Christmas charity appeal. » Read the full Story

Divers and snorkellers experience the annual Coral Spawning Phenomenon on the Great Barrier Reef

The ocean temperature is warm, it’s about 4 to 6 nights after the full moon in November, there is little tidal movement and the sun has set… » Read the full Story

See the annual Coral Spawning phenomenon with Silverswift & the Night Dive!

See the annual Coral Spawning phenomenon with Silverswift & the Night Dive!

25, 26 and 27 November 2010

Spring and Love on the Reef is in the Air! Mother Nature’s way of maintaining a consistently robust coral gene pool, certified divers and snorkellers can now experience the annual natural phenomenon of Coral Spawning with Silverswift and The Night Dive.  » Read the full Story

Record Numbers Compete in the Great Adventures Green Island Ocean Swim

Green Island Ocean Swim 2010

In slightly choppy conditions the 5th annual Great Adventures Green Island Ocean Swim attracted a record number of swimmers in the 1.5km and 3km swim on Sunday 26th September as 119 competitors swam in this unique Great Barrier Reef event.  » Read the full Story

The Belgium Davis Cup Tennis team on Green Island

The Belgium Davis Cup Tennis team on Green Island

The Belgium Davis Cup Tennis team swapped racquets for snorkels when they travelled on Great Adventures to Green Island on Sunday.   Enjoying the warm tropical weather the players and the team enjoyed snorkelling and coral viewing on the glass bottom boat.  » Read the full Story

Quicksilver Group salutes the Local Cabbies

Quicksilver Group salutes the Local Cabbies

The Quicksilver Group have invited the local Black and White cabbies to hot cooked breakfast on the Esplanade on Wednesday 25th August. » Read the full Story

Great Adventures community event supports Animal Charities

Great Adventures community event supports Animal Charities

Two local animal welfare charities have received a boost with some much-needed funds thanks to the recent Green Island Beach Volleyball charity event held during the annual Great Adventures Green Island Family Day.  » Read the full Story

Migaloo seen off Green Island

Migaloo off Green Island taken by Marc McCormack

Migaloo the White Whale was spotted off Cairns near Green Island.

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Quicksilver Sees Migaloo

Migaloo

Migaloo was sighted today playing off Port Douglas, 3 nautical miles north of Snapper Island  by Quicksilver at 10.37am.

The delighted passengers on Quicksilver’s Outer Barrier Reef cruise to Agincourt Reef were in awe of the rarely seen white humpback whale, Migaloo.

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Ukuleles on Green Island

Ukuleles on Green Island

Tropical Green Island was host to two world-renowned ukulele artist performances and an enthusiastic gathering of the four-stringed instrument’s devotees at Great Adventures ‘ Ukulele Island Gig on Friday 2 July.  » Read the full Story