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13/09/2005: "HAYMAN ISLAND - millpond 100km offshore"

Valerie Taylor and Vic Ley about to go for a dip. Cameraman Ashley Lazarus was a South African based film director making a modest budget cinema commercial featuring the Great Barrier Reef.

It was his first visit to Queensland - he had fantastic weather thanks to a cyclone further south that had all the winds concentrated down there.

At Hayman Island we had seven days of mirror-calm conditions 100 kilometers offshore aboard privately chartered Island Gypsy.

Later in Sydney, dive magazine editor Jack Evans selected this shot for a possible cover on his Australian Skindivers Magazine. It was lost and not delivered. Then Jack Evans quit his position and went overseas.

The picture was recently found and is presented here for the first time. Valerie has since gone on to become an even more famous Australian. She's a recipient of The Order of Australia medal, with many other awards overseas.
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