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Last year the previous scholar Mat Kertesz spent some time with some marine scientists from the University of Tasmania when they were starting the Reef Life Survey around Australia. This idea was from Graham Edgar, a prominent marine scientist and author of Australian Marine Life; the plants and animals of temperate Australia. Who over the [...]
Back a bit closer to home, after spending a couple weeks in Sulawesi and not finding a thorny seahorse myself (there was a few seen by other divers). It was with interest that during my time back home I was in contact with local marine scientist, Dave Harasti. He invited me up to Nelson Bay [...]
As my year comes towards the end, the focus shifts onto who is going to become the new scholar. After much anticipation and some quality applicants, the 2009 Australasian Our World-Underwater Scholarship was awarded to Matthew Carter, 24, from Dunedin, New Zealand! Matt’s background and interests lay within the field of marine archaeology, and already [...]
