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Planning Trips
 Eligibility
Booking Forms
Checklists
Costs
 Bench Fees
Other Costs
Payments
Permits
Travel
Freight
Ordering Food
Diving & Snorkelling
Boating
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Other Costs
Other costs involved in conducting research at Lizard Island are as follows (all prices are in Australian dollars and include GST).
- Airfares between Cairns and Lizard Island are about $400 for the round trip via scheduled charter flights on Hinterland Aviation arranged by Voyages; see travel.
- Barge freight for food and other supplies from Cairns costs $15 per grocery carton or similar-sized container; see freight.
- Food is purchased in Cairns and the cost is the supermarket bill plus a small cartage fee for delivery to the barge depot. Most people spend $8 to $15 per person per day excluding alcoholic drinks; see food ordering.
- Use of most laboratory and aquarium facilities is included in the bench fee although, rarely, extra charges may be incurred for use of equipment that draws a lot of power or uses additional fuel.
- Use of a small self-drive boat is included in the bench fee, but if a larger boat is needed, the additional cost is recouped on a distance basis (e.g. $180.00 for a trip to the outer reef) and it is usually necessary to hire a staff boat driver at $75 per hour (minimum duration for outer barrier trip is four hours); see boats
- High quality snorkelling and diving gear is available for hire as shown below.
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Weekly
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Mask + snorkel + snorkelling fins + short wetsuit
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$15.00
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$60.00
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Mask
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$3.00
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$9.00
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Snorkel
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$3.00
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$9.00
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Basic snorkelling fins
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$3.00
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$9.00
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Full foot Biofins
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$6.00
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$18.00
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Open-heel diving fins
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$9.00
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$27.00
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Wetsuit booties
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$3.00
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$9.00
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Wetsuit, 5 mm, short arms, short legs
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$8.00
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$40.00
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Long sharkskin suit
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$10.00
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$60.00
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Vest with hood
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$5.00
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$25.00
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Regulator with octopus & gauge
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$15.00
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$60.00
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Buoyancy compensator
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$15.00
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$60.00
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Octopus only
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$5.00
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$20.00
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Gauge only
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$5.00
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$20.00
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