Central Coast Artificial Reef Committee - CCARP Committee

Col Bartlett

• 38 years engineering service in Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy.
  Lt Commander (retired)  
• Originally trained as a navy diver in 1968 and undertook PADI training in 1992 (Deep Diver)
• Served in a range of ship types - destroyers, an aircraft carrier, frigates and submarines. 
• Professional engineering specialisation is Explosive Ordnance Engineering
• Currently work for the Defence Materiel Organisation providing technical support to the RAN's range of medium calibre gun systems.
• Member of Brisbane Water Aqualung Club (BWAC)

Sue Dengate – CCARP Secretary and Media Spokesperson

• PADI dive instructor for past 19 years, Certified to teach Deep, Wreck and Nitrox diving
• Part owned and operated Sydney-based dive charter operation (34ft boat) in the late 80's
• Business consultant, management trainer and OH&S Risk Assessment advisor
• Facilitator and public speaker
• Past President of Brisbane Water Aqualung Club (BWAC) and magazine editor

Carlo Filippetti – A Pioneer Diver

• Joined the Italian Young cadetship during WW2 as frogman learning underwater warfare on a 2-man torpedo.
• After the Allied invasion, Carlo joined the British Navy as a frogman in clearing and exposing of mines in the Adriatic and the Mediterranean Sea .
• Arrived in Australia 1951 working in the Snow River Project
• In 1955 started a Commercial Diving Operation, Construction, Demolition and salvage Business on the South Coast until 1976.
• In 1980 opened a Sport Diving Shop, Gosford Diving Services, teaching Scuba Diving, and Dive Charter Operations until 2007.
• In 1994 Carlo was awarded the prestigious SSI PRO 5000 hosted by Jean Michel Cousteau, the upper echelon of the top 1% who have completed at least 5000 dives. It is likely that this number is double, but they didn't have an award for that many dives!
• Member of Terrigal Underwater Group (TUG) and Brisbane Water Aqualung Club (BWAC)

Les Graham

• Certified diver since 1958
• Owner /operator Terrigal Dive Centre since 1968
• Spokesperson for NSW Dive Charter Vessels Ass'n
• Member NSW Maritime CVAG committee
• 10 years experience in the international dive tourism industry as owner / operator of a Barrier Reef live-aboard charter boat and a major international dive Centre in Fiji
• Past federal president of Scuba Divers Assn of Australia
• Past member of various government committees on diving inc Standards Australia
• Mechanical engineer (lapsed)
• SSI dive instructor, previously BS-AC, FAUI, NASDS dive instructor ratings to instructor trainer
• Commercial diver
• Maritime Master Class 4
• Member of Terrigal Underwater Group (TUG)

Peter Hudson

• Diving for many years
• Legal advisor to CCARP
• Member of Terrigal Underwater Group (TUG)

Steve Pricter

• Diving since many years
• Certified Deep diver
• Past President of Brisbane Water Aqualung Club (BWAC) 

Robbert Westerdyk

• Scuba diving for 35 years  
• Specialist in cave, wreck & overhead environment diving with15 years experience
• Award winning underwater photographer with 21 years experience
• Member of Terrigal Underwater Group (TUG)

Barry Dawson (deceased) - 1931 to 2006

• A pioneer diver, Barry began diving sometime in the late 50's
• Certified deep diver
• Marine Ship Historian
• Artefact collector
• Credited with the discovery of the SS Kiama
• Life member of Brisbane Water Aqualung Club (BWAC)