After two weeks of diving around Ambon and the Banda islands, northern Bali offered the perfect place to chill out. A peaceful stretch where you can experience the real Balinese lifestyle
Visiting Banda is interesting for two reasons: excellent diving and its amazing history. Banda islands, part of a volcanic group of islands covered with lush vegetation, have been a destination for traders for more than two thousand years.
My ultimate diving dream is to meet orcas underwater. While I am waiting for this divine meeting with sea giants, I am fascinated with tiny graceful creatures called Hippocampus. Their name derives from Greek for seahorse and literally translates as horse sea monster.
My first opportunity to use the Seadoo Supercharged Seascooter was recently on a dive in the Tweed River, northern NSW. Visibility was quite good (15m) and water temperature was warm
(24 degrees).
The island of Ambon, part of Maluku Province located in the Eastern parts of Indonesia between Papua and Sulawesi, is not on the travel schedule of many people, however for serious divers this is a destination offering diving away from the crowds as well as some amazing history and culture.
It was around midday, when Andrew Fox suggested that conditions were perfect for a brief stop over at Hopkins Island and take a dive with Australian Sea Lions.
The annual underwater.com.au photo competition is over, the judges have spoken and we are ready to announce the winners of the 4th annual underwater australasia photo competition.
Our recent Malaysia itinerary included a 2-day 2-night stunt to Redang Island in the North East of peninsular Malaysia; escaping the Australian cold for a few days and getting some dives in.
I joined Sue and big Mark (from the Byron Bay Dive Centre) and (to avoid missing anyone) the Seaworld crew, Marine Parks and Fisheries aboard the Seaworld boat this morning for a rescue attempt. My job was videographer for the underwater part of the operation. All of the shark wrangling was done by Seaworld staff.
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Heading North in Bali - Excellent diving and the ultimate tranquillity
Diving Banda – Discovering the East Indonesian Archipelago
Seahorses - Ethereal Beauty
Shark Ballads
Diving with a propeller - Seadoo Supercharged Scooter
'Seascooter Simon' - a side-by-side review of the Seadoo Explorer and VS Supercharged
Diving Ambon - Reefs, Muck and a Shipwreck
All at Once - Anilao, Philippines
Clean-up of the Tweed River 2008
Cowries and Ovulids
Australian Sea Lions - what a buzz!
underwater australasia Photocompetition 2007-08 Winners
Having A Jelly Good Time!
Back to Malaysia - MIDE'08
Grey Nurse Shark rescued from fishing gaff in Byron Bay
Guardian
Serenity - Southern Seas
