Dive Locations

Papua New Guinea: A Kiap Returns…

A Kiap Returns... I have to be honest and admit that I had no idea what a Kiap actually was until I met Doug Robbins & his family over a drink on the verandah of Tufi Dive Resort’s main lodge. Doug had been a Kiap in Papua New Guinea for 4 years …

Indonesia – Diving Halmahera

Diving Halmahera… The remote province of Halmahera is about as far north in Indonesia as you can go. And it’s isolation means that it offers some pretty unique diving opportunities. Big currents are however very much a feature of …

Papua New Guinea – Orotoaba Village Homestay

Orotoaba Village Homestay To get a better appreciation of what life is like for the majority of Papua New Guineans – the ones who don’t live in the main towns but spend their their lives in their tightly knit village communities – …

Papua New Guinea: Puri Puri – PNG’s version of voodoo…

Puri Puri They say that travel broadens the mind and I certainly never expected a personal introduction into the inner workings of Puri Puri when I left Sydney for three weeks diving at Tufi in Papua New Guinea… Puri Puri is variously referred …

Australian Grey Nurse Shark Article

Grey Nurse Shark Article… Really pleased to see my article published recently in the global diving magazine X-Ray. The story of what has been done to the Australian Grey Nurse shark is a pretty sad one… But it is one that needs to be …

Lauadi – Deacon’s Reef Article

Deacon’s Reef was what started me on my personal journey (obsession…) to dive Papua New Guinea! And I can still remember the catalytic moment in late April 1988.I was living with my young family on the island of Bahrain in the Persian …