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Diving Papua New Guinea - Milne Bay- by Chris Bartlett added 2011-11-17
- It is one of the few places left in the world where a diver can see macro critters, pelagics, and big stuff, as well as fantastic soft and hard corals. The often misused and abused adjective “pristine” is actually appropriate here, due to low fishing pressure in the area in comparison to other areas of the Coral Triangle, no dynamite fishing, and thanks to a system implemented by dive resorts whereby local reef "owners" receiving a small fee for every diver that visits "their" reef. As a result elders make sure that the reefs are not fished.
Australia's Grey Nurse Sharks - a plight for survival- by Tim Hochgrebe added 2011-06-16
- Most divers in Australia will know that the Grey Nurse Shark population is under threat of extinction within our life time....
Paul McCartney Recruits Surf Filmmaker Jack McCoy For “Blue Sway”- by Tim Hochgrebe added 2011-06-15
- A new angle on underwater videography has been realised by Jack McCoy who filmed stunning sequences of surfer from inside the waves, tracking them with the German made ultra fast sea scooter called the SEABOB.
What is our Coral Sea?- by Tim Hochgrebe added 2011-06-07
- The Coral Sea is a tropical marine jewel, which lies east of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is one of the last places on Earth where large marine animals can still be found in great numbers.
Celebrating Small Victories at Misool Eco Resort- by marit miners added 2011-05-19
- It is with great pride that we announce the first official sanctions in our No Take Zone. Last week our Rangers encountered two fishing boats laying gill nets about 30 minutes north of the resort. The illegal fishermen were intercepted on a routine patrol of our 1220 sq km No-Take Zone.
Shark Finning - a Global Overview- by SeannaC added 2011-03-31
- It’s been nearly five years since Rob Stewart showed the scale and severity of the illegal shark finning trade to the world in Shark Water, and demand for shark fin products had been on the increase years before that. But what’s the state of shark finning, shark populations and the action against shark finning right now?
No Barriers at Great Barrier- by nickT added 2011-03-14
- As I am sure, you are probably aware Queensland started off February with a Category 5 tropical Cyclone a mere week after the floods in Brisbane. They called it the storm of the century with good reason....
Cyclone Yasi and the Great Barrier Reef- by Tim Hochgrebe added 2011-02-04
- After the massive impact of Cyclone Yasi, Australia stops to consider the consequences of this natural disaster on the economy, nature and life in Australia as such.
Seeing Red on Christmas Island- by SeannaC added 2011-01-14
- Most of my holidays revolve around diving, or a place where I can at least snorkel, and the colour dominating my thoughts is always blue. Christmas Island’s waters are certainly that, crystal clear and a strikingly deep cobalt blue. This time around though, a colour at the other end of the spectrum filled my every waking thought in the days leading up to my trip to the isolated island in the eastern Indian Ocean. All I could think about was RED......
Cocos Keeling Islands- by SeannaC added 2011-01-05
- Cocos Keeling is a widely unknown tropical island paradise but thanks its hosting of an UF11 Fringe Event it is about to be added to the holiday wish list of many of the region’s divers.The 29-island atoll may only be a four-hour flight from Perth, but it feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of the mainland....
Whyalla - Cuttlefish Mating Mecca and More- by SeannaC added 2010-11-10
- A four-hour drive west of Adelaide, Whyalla is a seaside mining town is known as the place “where the outback meets the sea”. To divers, Whyalla is known as Australia’s Cuttlefish Mecca. Each winter thousands of Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) gather in the shallow waters around Whyalla to mate.
My National Geographic Diving Day- by splasch added 2010-03-12
- Ever felt like you were diving in the pages of a National Geographic magazine? Well that's how I felt last Sunday on Christmas Island ...
Diving Raja Ampat - The Liveaboard Experience- by Tim Hochgrebe added 2010-02-10
- Diving Raja Ampat - an area in West Papua in far Eastern Indonesia – has been on our list of ‘must-do’ trips for a long time....
The Lure of the Deep- by Andy Taylor added 2009-10-21
- It's a rare diver amongst us that has not felt the urge to stray that little deeper on a dive, the temptations of that rare aquatic encounter just that little further below you.
Sensational Sipadan- by Tim Hochgrebe added 2009-10-03
- As the plane takes off from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau I think of one of my favourite songs by Australian singer songwriter Cristine Anu 'The monkey and the turtle' ... that is where we are heading, the island of the turtles and the land of the men of the forest, the Orang-Utans of Borneo.
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