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Month: February, 2009

Kiwi Artificial Reefs

27 February, 2009 (10:56) | 2008 Scholar Journey | No comments

Besides lots of sheep, the north east coast of New Zealand has had three Ex-Navy ships prepared and sunk as artificial reefs over the past 10 years! These popular dive sites, have added to the diversity of diving that can be had in this scenic country. The Ex-Greenpeace vessel, The Rainbow Warrier, started the trend going down 22 [...]

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Poor Knights Islands – Dive! Tutukaka

25 February, 2009 (11:57) | 2008 Scholar Journey | 1 comment

The marine reserves of New Zealand were somewhere I wanted to explore as part of the scholarship and the Poor Knights Islands are the pinnacle of Kiwi diving. This group of islands, located 24 km off the coast of Tutukaka (approximately 2.5 hrs north of Auckland) is New Zealand’s second oldest marine reserve, and has [...]

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Back at Home

3 February, 2009 (07:21) | 2008 Scholar Journey | No comments

The month of December was spent around my local area on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. After travelling pretty much constantly since June, it was time to spend some time at home with the family and catch up on some work that had piled up over the last few months. Eline was over here [...]

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