Byron Underwater - new documentary - launch on 10 December

The launch of the new documentary "BYRON UNDERWATER - where tropical and temperate waters merge" is being held at the Byron Bay Community Centre this Sunday 10th December 2006 at 8pm.

Tickets for the screening are only $5 at the door to cover the venue hire and in order to enable the Byron community to enjoy this magnificent documentary.

Best of all - your $5 entry fee entitles you to $5 off the DVD - which will make an awesome Christmas present for any Byronian, nature lover, diver etc ...

What is the film about?

Byron Underwater takes you on a marine journey through the seasons in Byron Bay to encounter an amazing kaleidoscope of life.

Due to water temperatures and currents changing throughout the year, Byron Bay is unique and renowned for its incredible diversity and abundance of marine life.

Observe mating octopus - hunting wobbegongs - massive schools of pelagic fish such as kingfish, mulloways and trevallies.

At Julian Rocks where tropical and temperate currents converge, to form this unique environment … nature celebrates with an astonishing abundance of life.

Six years of filming, over 1000 dives and hundreds of hours of film went into this production. Filmed by Tim Hochgrebe, edited by Andrew Bambach, Directed and Produced by PLANULA & In Your Face Productions.

For more info and a whole bunch of preview clips please visit:

http://www.byronunderwater.com

Join us on this underwater adventure and find out what makes Byron Bay so special.

See what Neville Coleman, one of the worlds most prominent underwater pioneers and author of over 50 books has to say about this film

"A truly beautiful piece of work, extremely professional with exceptional animal behaviour and a wealth of original natural history records. The overall blend of wide angle and close up worked well and increased the audience’s perception of underwater. Superb photography, displaying the best angles and mind – blowing close ups of larger sea creatures. The turtles, sharks, rays and kaleidoscope of schooling fishes are breathtaking. The information is well researched, well edited and presented with easy to listen to voice over. The editing is artful and well thought out, making the most of every feature and complimenting each sequence of events, as well as covering the action and blending the various scenes into one amazing adventure. The sound mixing of background music also fitted in well and added to the mobility of the action taking place all around .... I think this is an awesome production ..."

For more information please contact Tim at Planula 66809134 or Andy at In Your Face Productions on 66854747. To purchase your own copy of the DVD Byron Underwater visit http://www.underwater.com.au/product.php/id/MP002/

Hope to see you there !

Tim Hochgrebe

Contributed by Tim Hochgrebe added 2006-12-07