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Diving the North Coast of Milne Bay

Diving the North Coast of Milne Bay… I am often asked why I like Papua New Guinea so much. And the honest answer is, as they say in the movies, it’s complicated! First of all, for me PNG is a wild and adventurous place. And as an Australian I …

Diving the Witu Islands

Diving the Witu Islands… As they say in the real estate business, location is everything. And it is Papua New Guinea’s physical position, astride the Equator, at the end of what was historically referred to as the Malay Archipelago. That puts …

Incredible Kimbe Bay

Incredible Kimbe Bay – in a country famous for the amazing diversity of its scuba diving. There are a few stand-out locations where, should you only visit PNG once in your life, you will just have to choose from… On that short-list would …

Best Aircraft Wrecks in PNG

The Best Aircraft Wreck Dives in PNG – World War II came to New Guinea in January 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Rabaul in New Britain. Turning the region in to a major theater of war in the battle for the Pacific. There were many …

The Mitsubishi Zero Wreck

The Mitsubishi Zero Wreck – As the story is told around the bar at Walindi, the day the wreck of the Zero fighter was found was soon after a small plane had crashed on take-off from Kimbe Bay’s Hoskins Airport. So, when local villager …

Milne Bay – Where It All Began

Milne Bay – where it all began… Papua New Guinea enjoys a reputation for some of the best all-round scuba diving to be had anywhere. And truly, its combination of superb reefs, wonderful critter sites and WWII wrecks make it very …

ONEUW One160X Strobe Review

ONEUW One160X Strobe Review… This is a first impressions review of my personal experience with this new Italian strobe. As explained below, I bought the strobes myself through my diving buddy and fellow underwater photographer Filippo Borghi. …

D500 for Underwater Photography

Nikon D500 for Underwater Photography – A Mid-Term Review… How time flies – just over two years ago I wrote a first impressions review of my newly acquired Nikon D500. And in it I waxed lyrically about what the new “king of DX …

Diving the Ogasawara Islands

Diving the Ogasawara Islands… Often referred to as the Oriental Galapagos, the Ogasawara archipelago is located in the north-west Pacific Ocean. About 1000km south of Tokyo and is one of the most isolated and remote parts of Japan. The …

The Sharks of Protea Banks

The Sharks of Protea Banks… It is often described as the African equivalent of the Gulf Stream. One of the world’s most powerful oceanic currents – moving almost 70 million tons of water a second! Its name is the Agulhas Current and it forms to …

The Bahamas Shark Sanctuary

The Bahamas Shark Sanctuary – The true relationship between sharks and man in the sea is not that easy to understand. We are after all terrestrial creatures that submerge under the water briefly at best. So our opportunities to even comprehend …

Tiger Beach – Like Nowhere Else….

Tiger Beach… Simply stated this shallow sandy area, some 30km north-west of West End on Grand Bahama, is like nowhere else. And, without doubt, it is the best place in the Bahamas to experience sharks – in particular the Tiger …