The Humpback Whales of Tonga
The Humpbacks of Tonga… Swimming with and photographing the humpback whales of Tonga had been on my personal “to do” for quite some time. Last year I finally got to spend 3 weeks in the Pacific island nation doing just …
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Kavieng’s WWII Wrecks
Kavieng’s WWII Wrecks… The small town of Kavieng was seized by the Japanese in January in 1942 when they invaded PNG. That invasion came just seven weeks after the surprise air attack on Pearl Harbour which brought America into …
The Florida Manatee
The Florida Manatee… Kings Bay in Crystal River is probably the best place in the world to see and photograph the quite unique creature that is the Florida manatee. Because every winter, as water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico drop to …
Kimbe Bay – The Coral Crucible
Kimbe Bay the Coral Crucible. There is a line of thought in the scientific community that this is where it all may have began. Where the first corals originated… a large sheltered bay, roughly one third along the north coast of the large island of …
Diving The Solomon Islands
Diving the Solomon Islands – like a series of random punctuation marks, the many islands of the Solomons archipelago lay scattered along the southern section of the infamous Pacific Ring of Fire, in between the countries of Papua New Guinea to …
The Sharks of the Marovo Lagoon
The sharks of the Marovo Lagoon hold a special place in the local culture of this part of New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands.
In what is said to be the largest salt-water lagoon in the world, life revolves around its waters and swimming is as normal …
Diving PNG’s Holy Grail – Black Jack
Diving PNG’s Holy Grail... Like a scene from a Hollywood film set – the huge plane sits serenely in 50m of clear blue water just of the fringing reef near the village of Boga Boga. The area is quite remote at the tip of Cape Vogel on northeast …
Land of the Sleeping Crocodile
SportDiving Magazine Article on Timor Leste
Timor Leste Land of the Sleeping Crocodile – the tale of the boy and the sleeping crocodile is told often in this country also known as East Timor.
It is used to explain the island’s crocodile-like …
It’s PNG Expect The Unexpected
It’s PNG Expect the Unexpected – Papua New Guinea is truly one of the last frontiers, the country is a wild & adventurous place that offers some tremendous scuba diving, combined with many unique and fascinating things to see above …
Kimbe Bay Conservation – Part 2
Conserving Kimbe Bay – what would you do if one day you realized that the side-effects of the industry you helped to introduce were starting to degrade the pristine environment of your backyard – turn a blind eye… hug a tree …
Ambon – Maluku’s Magical Island
Ambon scuba diving – X-Ray article
Diving Ambon: Indonesia is without doubt a country that can constantly surprise and delight you – usually when you are least expecting it!
The huge archipelago of more than 17,000 island offers some of …
The Conservation of Kimbe Bay – Part 1
Kimbe Bay Conservation – there is a line of thought among the marine scientific community that Kimbe Bay is probably where the first corals originated – a theory that has evolved as a result of the various surveys conducted to assess and …