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Considering it is one of my most favorite dive sites, it had been way too long since I had been for a dive at Julian Rocks at Byron Bay. While I love my chosen degree and profession, it had slowly began to feel like I spent majority of my time inside learning about marine creatures...
In an earlier blog I introduced myself and the work I will be doing in Madagascar for Reefdoctors. In this blog I'll tell you about my first experiences and my dives so far:First impressions of Madagascar Madagascar presents a biologist’s dream but a writer’s nightmare because its extraordinary qualities render it almost impossible to adequately...
Ever thought about going on a diving holiday in Fiji? The weather is great most of the year and it is only a few hours from Australia by plane. You’ll arrive in a lush green country with hundreds of islands scattered in crystal clear waters and will experience a completely different culture. It also offers...
Have you ever dived the HMAS Brisbane?The famous wreck was a 133m guided missile destroyer. She had been used in wars and other military service for 34 years, but in 2001 she was decommissioned.In July 2005 the vessel was sunk off Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast and it now serves as an artificial reef. Diving...
The thing I love most about diving is that moment after you have entered the water, when you first poke your head under the waves and get that glimpse of what lies below. Often other divers are fiddling with regulators, spitting in masks and fussing with fins to appreciate that quick time. That first look...
Ningaloo Reef - Where is it & What does it have to offer?The Ningaloo Reef is Australia’s largest fringing reef system. It is located approximately 1200km north of Perth in Western Australia, and spans some 260km in length. It is the only coral reef system positioned on the western side of a continental land mass...
On New Year’s Eve a video was posted by some guys from Finland. Its title “Some under ice views from beautiful lake Saarijärvi in Vaala, Finland.” doesn’t let on that what is actually in the video, which is an amazing achievement and likely the most original scuba dive you’ve ever seen! Divers Eelis Rankka, Tommi...
You may have seen my blog about the new Bladefish 7000 sea scooter earlier this month. I had the distinct pleasure of testing the new sea scooter, the latest offering from the Bladefish range which is imported into Australia by Oceanic. Some new features that I enjoyed most were: - with 3 gears, the top...
Blog submitted by Barbara Winters, Web Editor at Adreno:There are not many big cities in the world where you can dive from the shore, just out of the city centre and see amazing marine life. But residents of the Gold Coast, and its Brissie neighbours, are the lucky few city dwellers who can dive at...
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...