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20/12/2005: "THE SHAFT ........A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY"

Eight Sydney divers entered the hole on that day. Two aborted the dive early - bad air?

Six continued the deep dive into the underground water-filled chamber a big as any cathedral. Only two of the six surfaced.

Brother and sister, Steve and Christine Millott were missing. Their brother Glenn then aged 25 surfaced. (Glenn was to later perish in another water-related kayak accident in Jervis Bay, NSW).

Christine Millott was to write a regular column in Fathom magazine.

With her father and brothers, they owned a popular Sydney dive shop, The Snorkel Inn.