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So you want to be a SCUBA Diving Instructor?

I have worked as an instructor for about 6 years. I absolutely love it. So I thought I would be able to shed a bit of light on the subject for anyone who is interested in becoming one themselves.

Discovering Papua New Guinea

While divers and surfers gave envious comments about my upcoming adventure, most other people were full of warnings about the dangers of PNG, but it had been on my list of prime diving destinations for many years.

Back to Malaysia - MIDE'08

For the second time in two years I made my way to Kuala Lumpur and to the Malaysia International Dive Expo.

Shark Bay @ Sea World - A new diving experience

Talking about diving with a difference: we had the amazing opportunity to have a look behind the scenes of the recently opened Shark Bay at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Queensland and go for a dive in the Reef Lagoon.

The Vanishing Dragon - By Carly Maple

When cameraman Brenton Dean first approached me a few years ago, about writing a wildlife documentary script that would tell the life ecology of leafy sea dragons, I thought, "an entire hour on the one sea creature?" That would absolutely bore people to sleep right?

Palau – sharks, walls, caves and jellyfish…

Travelling to Palau was not as easy as we would have liked as we couldn't get direct flights from Australia. Although this was a pretty long journey, it proved a very worthwhile one as diving Palau is just fantastic.

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Sweetlips School

Sweetlips at Gordon's Mooring, Cairns. Taken by Caroline Swinburne - Photocomp September '04 - Open

What nudibranch is this?

Thought I have to put this one up. I photographed this at Julian Rocks in January 2004. Anybody out there with a name? - please post it in the discussion board or email underwater.com.au.