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--part1_1e4.c2e6fc6.2c2ee47f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From another list, The following is historic preservation gone off the deep end! Bubbles indeed! I hope that I'm not the only one here that finds this beyond the realm of ridiculous. Nothing taken, nothing touched just bubbles - I wonder if he would have faced the same penalties had he been using a closed circuit rebreather??? Jim Sinclair Australia Charges U.S. Scuba Diver .c The Associated Press TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AP) - An American scuba diver appeared in an Australian court Friday, charged with swimming into a protected shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef. Edward Antonovich, of Tarrytown, N.Y., faces a maximum two-year sentence if convicted. He was arrested by Australian authorities Thursday after a dive into the 92-year-old SS Yongala wreck off Townsville, in northeast Australia. The 33-year-old did not enter a plea before Townsville Magistrates Court, where he was charged with breaking rules that bar divers from penetrating the hull and intact deck levels of the ship, which sank during a cyclone in 1911, killing 120 people. The prosecution is believed to be the first of its kind in Queensland state, which is a magnet for divers from around the world who want to explore the Great Barrier Reef. The rules, part of the Historic Shipwrecks Act, are aimed at preventing unnecessary rusting of wrecks from a diver's oxygen bubbles. Antonovich was granted bail by Magistrate Brian Smith on condition he surrender all passports and provide bond of S$1,320. The court was told Antonovich was born in Australia but moved to the United States with his parents and has lived there most of his life. He came to Australia to attend his father's funeral in Perth and extended his trip to include some diving. Antonovich was due back in court Monday. --part1_1e4.c2e6fc6.2c2ee47f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">From another list,<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> The following is historic preservation gone off the deep end! Bubbles<BR> indeed! I hope that I'm not the only one here that finds this beyond the<BR> realm of ridiculous. Nothing taken, nothing touched just bubbles - I<BR> wonder if he would have faced the same penalties had he been using a<BR> closed circuit rebreather???<BR> Jim Sinclair<BR> <BR> Australia Charges U.S. Scuba Diver<BR> <BR> .c The Associated Press<BR> <BR> TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AP) - An American scuba diver appeared in an<BR> Australian court Friday, charged with swimming into a protected<BR> shipwreck on the Great<BR> Barrier Reef.<BR> <BR> Edward Antonovich, of Tarrytown, N.Y., faces a maximum two-year sentence<BR> if<BR> convicted.<BR> <BR> He was arrested by Australian authorities Thursday after a dive into the<BR> <BR> 92-year-old SS Yongala wreck off Townsville, in northeast Australia.<BR> <BR> The 33-year-old did not enter a plea before Townsville Magistrates<BR> Court,<BR> where he was charged with breaking rules that bar divers from<BR> penetrating the<BR> hull and intact deck levels of the ship, which sank during a cyclone in<BR> 1911,<BR> killing 120 people.<BR> <BR> The prosecution is believed to be the first of its kind in Queensland<BR> state,<BR> which is a magnet for divers from around the world who want to explore<BR> the<BR> Great Barrier Reef.<BR> <BR> The rules, part of the Historic Shipwrecks Act, are aimed at preventing<BR> unnecessary rusting of wrecks from a diver's oxygen bubbles.<BR> <BR> Antonovich was granted bail by Magistrate Brian Smith on condition he<BR> surrender all passports and provide bond of S$1,320.<BR> <BR> The court was told Antonovich was born in Australia but moved to the<BR> United<BR> States with his parents and has lived there most of his life.<BR> <BR> He came to Australia to attend his father's funeral in Perth and<BR> extended his<BR> trip to include some diving.<BR> <BR> Antonovich was due back in court Monday.<BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_1e4.c2e6fc6.2c2ee47f_boundary-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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