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Diving into your Bucket List

Diving into your Bucket List

Ed Przybylek has a bucket list – and one of those was to have an underwater diving experience by participating in an introductory dive on the Great Barrier Reef. . » Read the full Story

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

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

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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Minke whales swim with Silversonic passengers

While the humpbacks are on the way to the Great Barrier Reef, their smaller cousins, the Dwarf Minke Whales are also frequenting our warm tropical waters at this time of year.

Two playful dwarf minke whales have been captured on video swimming in close proximity to snorkellers travelling with Port Douglas dive and snorkel vessel Silversonic. » Read the full Story

Quicksilver supports Paws and Claws

Quicksilver supports Paws and Claws

Many furry four-legged friends at Paws and Claws will benefit from the Quicksilver 10th annual 500 card game with a donation of  $1,310.  With thanks to 64 enthusiastic players from the tourism industry and friends of tourism having a day of fun and laughs on Quicksilver VIII, they also see it has an opportunity to donate to this worthy local cause. » Read the full Story

They’re Back! It’s Whale Season in the Great Barrier Reef

Humpback Whale

The first of the humpback whales have been spotted off Queensland’s South East coast and are starting to make their way to their annual “winter break” in the warm waters of the Great Barrier Reef.

Amongst the gentle giants, all eyes will be keenly looking out for Migaloo, the famous albino humpback whale.   » Read the full Story