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Still considered the gold standard in live-aboard diving in Australia is Mike Ball Dive Expeditions, a live-aboard venture started in 1969 by Mike Ball.

Once you have had an amazing time somewhere it always worries me to want to go back. Will it be as good as the first time? Will things have changed? Have things stayed the same, but you have changed?

There are a number of reasons why Ambon is not yet being affected by mass tourism with its remoteness only one of them.

After two weeks of diving around Ambon and the Banda islands, northern Bali offered the perfect place to chill out.

Visiting Banda is interesting for two reasons: excellent diving and its amazing history.

Papua New Guinea occupies half of the third largest island in the world and 160 other islands and 500 named cays.

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.

Purpose-built Tawali resort is hidden in the tropical forests on top of a limestone on the eastern cape of Papua New Guinea, a two-hour drive and ten-minute boat ride from Alotau airport.

Mathieu Meur is author of a number of books on underwater photography and will be conducting photography workshops as part of the 2011 Underwater Festival 2-11 September 2011.

As divers, we often come across majestic or stunning underwater sceneries that we would like to share with others back on the surface.