Explorer, cave diver and videographer/photographer Jill Heinerth will be making two fantastic presentations over the weekend of the inaugural GO Diving Show ANZ, taking place in Sydney over 28-29 September.
A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, Jill is the first Explorer-In-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, and her best-selling autobiography, Into The Planet, has been lauded by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Oprah Magazine.
She is a Fellow of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, Women Diver’s Hall of Fame, the Explorer’s Club and Underwater Academy Of Arts and Sciences. Her images have been showcased by the BBC, National Geographic, Red Bull, Canadian Geographic, Discovery, and many more.
Jill’s enthralling talks on the Main Stage will be:
Exploration of Canada’s Longest Underwater Cave
In submerged caves beneath the Ottawa River, Jill Heinerth makes a significant biological discovery, revealing the importance of natural systems in watershed protection.
Canada’s Truk Lagoon and the Discovery of Shackleton’s Ship Quest
With the presence of numerous World War Two shipwrecks, Newfoundland has been called the ‘Truk Lagoon of the North’, but a recent discovery of Shackleton’s final ship Quest has brought the region into the international spotlight.
Jill will be joining the likes of TV presenter and author Steve Backshall, tech diver and underwater photographer Pete Mesley, Hollywood stunt performer Liz Parkinson and fellow cave diving pioneer Dr Richard Harris on the Main Stage.
The GO Diving Show ANZ
This annual event, taking place this year on 28-29 September at the Sydney Showground at the Olympic Park, is aimed at showcasing the very best of our underwater world to everyone from raw novices who are either contemplating getting into diving, or have completed their entry-level courses, to advanced divers, right through to technical divers and veteran CCR divers.
There are an array of stages – the Main Stage, the Photo Stage, the Australia/New Zealand Stage, the Inspiration Stage and the Tech Stage – that will play host to dozens of speakers from around the world, as well as a host of interactive features to suit young and old, from VR diving experiences, trydives, a demonstration pool, mermaids, and much more.
Surrounding the stages and features will be a broad range of exhibitors, from tourist boards and tour operators to resorts, liveaboards, training agencies, retailers, manufacturers, and conservation organisations.
The 2024 GO Diving Show UK, now in its fifth year, attracted more than 10,000 attendees over the weekend, and spanned an area of 10,000 sq m of exhibition space, and the Australia and New Zealand variant aspires to reaching this level in coming years.
Entry to the inaugural GO Diving Show ANZ is completely free – register here to get your tickets for what is undoubtedly the diving event of 2024 in Australia. There is plenty of parking on-site and the venue is easy to get to with plenty of transport options, so get the dates in your diary now and prepare for an epic weekend celebrating all forms of diving.
