Whats happening with the 2008 Scholar, Steve Lindfield? – Whale Sharks at Ningaloo!

One of my highlights during my scholarship year was spending a month volunteering for the Earthwatch program: Whale Sharks of Ningaloo Reef. So it was great that after presenting my scholarship video and officially handing over the Australasian scholarship to Matt, I found mysaelf flying back from New York City, one day at home and […]

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The Year Aquatic with Steve Lindfield

Steve Lindfield, the 2008 Australasian Rolex Scholar is delighted to present a video entitled “The Year Aquatic” which covers his scholarship year. The lower Res / smaller size version is embedded below or you can go straight to Vimeo here to view the High Definition version. It is a big download so at the Vimeo […]

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The End of ‘The Year Aquatic’

Well this is going to be my last post as the Rolex Australasian Scholar for 2008/09. It has been a tremendous year and it all came to an end on the 25th April 2009. It was off to the bright lights of New York City for my final destination as the scholar. Finishing the scholarship […]

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Reef Life Survey

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 […]

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Search for the Thorny Seahorse

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 […]

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