{"id":2702,"date":"2015-11-18T23:24:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T23:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2015-11-18T23:24:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T23:24:37","slug":"good-bye-to-the-hammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/good-bye-to-the-hammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Bye to the Hammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/nov15c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2703\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/nov15c1-300x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to Mal Hammer and his lovely wife Larissa Jefferson.<\/p>\n<p>Larissa has had a three year posting with the Aussie Embassy and in that time they have become great friends to us all. Mal got straight into his Divemaster course three years back and has been around to help out at almost every major diving event involving international schools and some of our larger American groups. Larissa came down to see us when she wasn\u2019t busy, usually with a load of great mates! She completed Rescue, EFR and many dives to boot! Now their time is over we just can\u2019t believe it\u2019s gone so quick.<\/p>\n<p>We wish you all the best in your new adventure in Canberra and hope you won\u2019t forget us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to Mal Hammer and his lovely wife Larissa Jefferson. 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