• 30th May 1985: First letter that is on file on the Underwater Trail to Pro Diving Services from Sydney University Underwater Society offering to assist with the trail's construction.

• 21st June 1985: Rick Poole & Dennis Hunt submit a proposal to the premier of NSW Hon N K Wran, to construct an Underwater Nature Trail in Thompson’s Bay (Gordon's Bay) between Clovelly & Coogee.

• July 1985: Randwick Rag reports that the trail is to run from Thompsons Bay to Coogee Beach.

• 5th September 1985: Rick Poole, Pro Diving Services & Dennis Hunt Marist Brothers Pagewood announce in the Eastern Herald, (Journalist Michael Visontay) plans for the first Underwater Trail in Australia. ``It could be done over four weekends with identification tags taking a further month.''

• 7th January 1986: Premier Neville Wran requests Underwater Trail application to go to the Department of Lands.

• 9th April 1986: Rick Poole & Dennis Hunt Marist Brothers Pagewood submit a proposal to the Department of Lands for an Underwater Trail.

• 18th April 1986: Henry Davis York, Solicitors, request clarification from the Department of Lands regarding indemnity and permissive occupancy of the Underwater Trail.

• 26th May 1986: Daily Telegraph (Journalist no by-line) announces that Rick Poole and Dennis Hunt are awaiting approval for the Underwater Trail.

• June 17th 1986: Henry Davis York advises nil response from the Department of Lands.

• 30th December 1986: Department of Lands asks Pro Diving Services if they will take up the permissive occupancy offer for the Underwater Trail at Thompsons Bay.

• January 16th 1987: Henry Davis York chase Pro Dive for an answer.

• 20th January 1987: Pro Diving Services say they are unable to allocate sufficient resources to devote to building the Underwater Trail.

• 30th April 1987: Underwater trail integrated into the Design and Management Guidelines Eastern Beaches

• 25th May 1987: Dennis Hunt informs Bob Carr, Minister for Environment & Planning of a public meeting on the 12th June 1987 on the proposal to build and Underwater Trail.

• 20th June 1987 nineteen divers, including future member Jan Baker conduct trial dives on the Underwater Trail with an average time of 45 minutes for scuba divers and 25 minutes for snorkelers.

• 23rd September 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Journalist Joseph Glascott), announces that the State Government has given approval for the Underwater Trail construction.

• October 1987 (PADI Newsline Australia Vol 2 No 2 features the Underwater Nature Trail stating, ``it is hoped construction of the trail will begin in the near future.''

• 20th February 1990 Five years later 25 drums filled with concrete & stainless steel bolts are laid at the entrance to Gordons Bay. Four drums mysteriously dumped by unknown persons in the Bay and subsequently recovered by Hayden Poole & John Rowe

  The uneven terrain made it next to impossible to manually move the drums into Gordons Bay.

• 20th February 1990 Fortunately, the Department of Sport & Recreation through Maria Long Regional Director and Randwick City Council started construction on a sea ramp into Gordons Bay for able & disabled divers.

  Drums were then manually rolled into the sea. Marist Brothers Pagewood, students with teacher Peter Clarke is seen on the job.

  Club Secretary, John Rowe is seen rolling up from the rear.

• 7th April 1990 From the Club dive logbook first dive at Gordon's Bay to build the Underwater Trail. This was a sea too rough to lay the drums. Future President Sam Baxter does not dive again on the trail until 18th November 2006.

• 1st May 1990 St George Mini Mix & Pioneer Concrete thanked for the supply of surplus concrete to make the drum anchors.

• 8th May 1990 Club member Angus Sullivan completes a 32-page report titled ``Should Gordon’s Bay be declared an aquatic reserve?'' for his Year 10 Geography assignment.

• 15th June 1990 Cranbrook School Year 11 & 12 Students, Angus Sullivan, Matthew Everitt, Olin Winton, Stewart Walker, and Monte Taylor thanked for their assistance in laying the drums into position.

• 18th June 1990 Club requests that the NSW Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries, Ian Armstrong declare Gordons Bay a Marine Protected Area.(MPA).

• 27th July 1990 Minister declines the Club request to declare Gordons Bay a Marine Protected Area

• 227th October 1990 From the Club dive logbook Club secretary John Rowe looses an underwater scooter. Rick Poole scooter owner and co founder of Pro Dive does not complain.

• 1st November 1990 1st Commando Company cannot help with the laying of the Trail, as the job required to many OH&S requirements.

• 5th November 1990 John Rowe interviewed by Andrew Olle on ABC Radio 2BL regarding the Underwater Nature Trail.

• 9th November 1990 Club presents the trail concept to a Water Safety Display & Seminar sponsored by the NSW Department of Sport & Recreation. The dive trails Ten Commandments promulgated;
  1. never mix with Mrs Murphy.
  2. Today's dive starts the night before.
  3. Measure twice cut it once.
  4. Success has 1000 fathers. Failure is an orphan.
  5. A short-term gain is a long-term loss.
  6. If it starts badly it can only get worse.
  7. The penalty for bigamy is two mothers in law.
  8. A short cut is the longest distance between two points.
  9. Slowly, Slowly catches the monkey
  10. your comments please?

• 12th November 1990 From the Club dive logbook 30 dives and 56.5 underwater hours later, the Pro Dive Underwater nature trail is completed. Angus Sullivan and John Rowe connect the last drum and take measurements.

• 5th December 1990 Club member Angus Sullivan submits a 32-page report titled ``Should Gordon's Bay be declared an aquatic reserve?'' to the NSW Minister for Agriculture & Rural Affairs Ian Armstrong & Lara Crew at Greenpeace PO Box 51 Balmain NSW 2041.

• 13th December 1990 John Rowe asks Minister Armstrong for more patrols by Fisheries Officers and to declare Gordons Bay a marine reserve. Evidence of a speared blue groper photographed from Clovelly Bay.

• 18th December 1990 Australian Geographic declines a request for financial sponsorship for the Trail.

• 31st December 1990 Joelle Devis draws the map of the Underwater Trail which has been the standard map ever since.

• 9th December 2012 Elliot Price's report of the annual sausage sizzle.