In August I was lucky enough to spend sometime in  Sydney with Jayne Jenkins, the Australasia Vice President. What better time to break in a drysuit than the middle of winter?! Jayne and I headed down to The Bower  (one of Sydney’s dive sites in Manly) for my first ever drysuit dive with the Waterproof […]

While back in New Zealand for a short visit, I caught up with the 2009 Australasia Our World-Underwater Rolex Scholar, Matt Carter. During his year, Matt followed his interests in underwater archaeology. He recently handed in his Masters Thesis on the maritime cultural landscape of Otago Harbour. This involved looking at all of the archaeological […]

[vimeo 26713743 550 309] Leafy Sea Dragons in South Australia. With the Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions May 18th-31st 2011. Music ‘La Valse D’Amélie [Orchestra Version]’ – Yann Tiersen

[vimeo 26036265 550 309] Manta Ray cleaning station, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. 16/6/2011. Music ‘Hey Little’ by Pluto. Thanks Steve Lindfield for all your help!

Steve Lindfield, the 2008 Australasian Our World-Underwater Scholar has been doing field work in Guam for his PhD over the past 2 years. He is looking at the impacts of SCUBA spearfishing on  fish populations in Micronesia as well as comparing closed circuit rebreathers and open circuit diving for fish surveys. For this, he recently […]