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Do you remember that container ship that crashed a reef in New Zealand back in October? That ship is now pegged to become a diving attraction by the New Zealand Underwater Association. The divers association will ask the owners of the stricken MV Rena to leave part of the ship on Astrolabe Reef as a...
All divers in northern Australia are asked to look out for this type of ray this summer (picture by John Thorsborne): the porcupine or thornback ray, or the ‘Urogymnus asperrimus’ in its Latin name. You can even win major prizes if you spot one and report it! Why do you need to look out for...
BLOG SUBMITTED BY: CRYSTAL DIVERS BALI. Welcome December. It’s been a great start to the festive month here in Bali. Our beloved Indonesian interns, who started off in April this year as Open Water students have now been certified as Master Scuba Divers with 16 PADI Specialties including the new PADI Distinctive; Self-Reliant Diver.We celebrated...
Despite falling demand for whale meat, Japan is going ahead with a whaling expedition that started yesterday. Harpoon ships from Japan's whaling fleet have left their home port and are heading towards the Antarctic for this year's hunt.The Japanese government has vowed to send a patrol ship with the whaling fleet to monitor possible confrontations...
Imagine this: you are scuba diving in a wharf, find a rusty looking photo camera, and discover that you actually can recover the images. Better still: you are able to track down the owner and reunite him with his digital camera and the photos he thought were lost.This happened to Markus Thompson who went diving...
‘Give Sharks A Fighting Chance’, was the petition that the PADI Project Aware 'Shout Out Loud' for Sharks petition asked of people. And they were heard: 81,087 signed the petition since the launch World Oceans Day 2010 launch.A short while ago, during Shark Week, we also posted the goals behind the petition as a blog,...
Blog submitted by: Diversion Dive TravelDo you still remember the days when camera housings resembled small vacuum cleaners? Am I giving away my age?Well, nowadays only photo pros are lugging around big pelican cases with lights, camera bodies, housings and lenses. Us ‘normal’ divers can take small compact cameras in tiny plastic housings which fit...
A proposal has been put forward by Environment Minister Tony Burke last week to establish the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve in Australian waters. But is it enough to protect our precious reefs?In a move to create the world's largest marine park, the government has made a draft plan to fully protect 989,842 km2. How...
Pete Fabrici survived the devastating Prevelly fire by using scuba gear to stay at the bottom of a swimming pool as the inferno raged. When the 53-year-old builder's friend called to warn him he could see a wall of fire heading towards the father-of-two's beloved Margaret River home, he made sure he was ready. He...
Normally when I walk into Adreno I, along with most other avid divers and spearos, have an overwhelming urge to run around and play with everything. We all enjoy running into the wetsuit section and smothering ourselves with the sweet smell of neoprene...... right? No? (Okay, maybe thats just me).However, on Saturday I nhad to...