There is something really special about printed media. Perhaps it’s the tangibility, that feeling of the paper on your fingers and the ability to put it down, and pick it up with ease. Dive magazines have always been a bit of a guilty pleasure; a treat that I buy myself to give motivation, new inspiration, […]

Somewhere deep, deep down I think I have always been a bit of a warm tropical diving snob. It must be something about those clear exquisite waters, the incredible abundance of colourful coral and fish, and the occurrence of situations where you’re actually annoyed when the water temperatures drops below twenty-seven degrees, forcing you to […]

Rebreather diving was game changer. Up until this point in my diving journey there were a couple of simple truths I had come to expect. First, was that you should hear and feel bubbles escaping from the side of your regulator as you exhale; not true for rebreathers. Second, when planning a multi-level dive to […]

Extreme sports, kiwi fruit candy, Marmite, Arataka honey, great coffee, lamb roasts, and not to mention amazing marine life – where else would one find such incredible delights but in New Zealand! I had arrived in Wellington to visit William Arlidge, Australasian scholar in 2010 for a week before heading off to see Pete Mesley […]

What do you get when you put 2000 coral reef scientists, 10 international coral reef organisations, and the likes of Terry Hughes, Jeremy Jackson and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg all in a 1km2 area? A whole lot of craziness that’s what! Welcome to the largest coral reef conference in the world – the International Coral Reef Symposium […]