Shoot out competition winners announced
Best Festival Video
- 1st prize - Choice of Ikelite SLR housing (inc port) / video housing or DS-125 deluxe strobe package
Josh Jensen
- 2nd prize - Beuchat full wetsuit
Jorina van der Westhuizen
- 3rd prize - DVD Guide to Creating Underwater Video
Kieren Curry
Best Festival Photograph - Novice
- 1st prize - Olympus Mju 850SW
Lynton Burger
- 2nd prize - PADI Underwater Photography Specialty Course
Karen Haines
- 3rd prize
Karen Haines
- 4th prize
Lynton Burger
- 5th prize - Essential & Advanced Guide to Underwater Photography
Jodie Clark-Smith
Best Festival Photograph - Compact camera
- 1st prize - Olympus Mju 1030SW & PT-043 Housing & UFL-01 strobe
Cristhian Colli
- 2nd prize - 3 night/4 dive Dive/Accommodation package at PLANULA Divers Retreat/Byron Bay Dive Centre for TWO PEOPLE
Ryan Pedlow
- 3rd prize - a huge 900mm x 600mm canvas print of your winning image by Retrospect
Simon Stairs
Best Festival Photograph - SLR camera
- 1st prize - a dive holiday for TWO in PNG by Allways Dive & Jais Aben Resort - 5 nights, 6 dives - *flights and meals NOT included
Mark Gray
- 2nd prize - 10 dive voucher at Sundive Byron Bay inc gear hire if needed
Jorgen Rasmussen
- 3rd prize - a massive 1200mm x 800mm canvas print of your winning image by Retrospect
Eric Winters
Best Festival Portfolio - 5 images
- 1st prize - Full Beuchat SCUBA package including first and second stage regulators, occy & BCD
Mark Gray
- 2nd prize - Beuchat fins + mask
Ian Banks
- 3rd prize - Dolphin Kayaking voucher for 4 people
John Natoli
Best Festival Photograph - Local School Groups - OLYMPUS camera try-out
- 1st prize - PADI Underwater Photography Specialty Course
Caitlin Braithwaite
- 2nd prize - 2 dives with Sundive - all gear supplied
Matt Heazlewood-Ross
- 3rd prize - Essential Guide to Underwater Photography book
Rebecca McBride
Neville Coleman Awards
Most interesting critter find during the Underwater Festival
- 1st prize - autographed copy of Neville Coleman’s latest book - Nudibranch Encyclopedia
Ian Banks
- 2nd prize - autographed copy of Neville Coleman’s Underwater Naturalist
John Natoli
- 3rd prize - autographed Neville Coleman Wildlife Guide to the Great Barrier Reef
Gerard Braithwaite
- 4th prize - autographed Neville Coleman Wildlife Guide
Eric Winters
- 5th prize - autographed Neville Coleman Wildlife Guide
Nancy Scoleri - 3 shots of flatworms