Welcome
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain
Welcome to the website of PADI Course Director and EFR & DSAT Instructor Trainer Des Paroz. Here you'll find information on arange of PADI and EFR courses, including scuba instructor training with PADI and DSAT, and CPR/First Aid instructor training with Emergency First Response.
Des conducts his courses through United Divers Wollongong, a PADI 5 Star Dive Center located in Wollongong, approximately 1 hour south of Sydney. Wollongong is the major city of the Illawarra region, and is easily accessible from Southern Sydney, the Macarthur District and the Southern Highlands, as well as the South Coast of NSW.
Next PADI IDC Commences 1 September 2008
- EFR Instructor Course commences 30 August 2008
- PADI Assistant Instructor Course commences 1 September 2008
See Course Schedule for More Detail
Des and his wife Belinda have a separate diving website at BlueBeyond.com.au.Here you'll find information about diving techniques, the marineenvironment, underwater photography and about dive sites in NSW,especially the Illawarra, Sydney and Jervis Bay regions.
If you're looking for the desparoz On The Go blog about technology, personal productivity and other stuff, please note that is now located at www.desparoz.com/blog. The address for the web feed (RSS) has not changed.
Thanks for taking the time to drop by. Please feel free to contact us should you have any questions.

