Originally built in 1965, the destroyer HMAS Brisbane, the Navy’s last steam-driven ship, was scuttled in the warm waters off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on Sunday 31st July 2005. The scuttling was viewed by thousands of people from a myriad of vantage points both on the water and on the shore, providing a fantastic spectacle as she slid slowly beneath the surface to create what is now a magnificent tourist attraction and mecca for dive enthusiasts from across Australia and overseas. 

Managed by Queensland’s Department of Environment & Resource Management, the wreck of the HMAS Brisbane is a premier dive site accessible to both commercial and private vessels. There are four commercial moorings and one public mooring available. 

The Sunshine Coast Visitor Information Centre at Maroochydore is the appointed ticketing agent for the public mooring and issues DIVE PASSES that can be booked over the phone or in person and paid in full at the Maroochydore  office only. To dive the HMAS Brisbane from the public mooring, you or your club must have a valid dive pass for the applicable time-slot issued by this Sunshine Coast Visitor Information Centre.

To contact the Maroochydore Visitor Information Centre please call:-
Ph:  07) 5459 9050
Fax: 07) 5479 1761

DIVE PASS PRICES  (starting from 0500 Hrs and up until the last dive time of 2100 Hrs) are as follows:-

Private divers -   $20.00 per diver per two-hour time slot  (max 4 divers) - click here for the application form
 Club divers -  $17.50 per diver per two-hour time slot (max 10 divers) - click here for the application form

For any additional information regarding this dive site, please visit the official web site link

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/ex-hmas-brisbane/index.html