I was hanging motionless in the water; my hands gripped my Olympus camera housing waiting for the perfect opportunity to shoot an incredibly beautiful and inquisitive Maori Wrasse. I line up the shot, check my aperture and shutter speed, and adjust my strobe. The male Maori Wrasse swam closer. “Steady, steady, don’t scare him… and fire.” […]

So I was sitting trying to work out how to start this blog and I thought you know what might help? Only the music I had been forced to listen to at least three times a day during my Palau trip of course! So out came Ziggy Marley and some brilliant rap tunes such as […]

I had also come to Palau to learn more about work of the Micronesian Shark Foundation and Tova Bornovski had generously agreed to host me and let me dive at her dive shop, Fish n’ Fins, which has got to be one of the most practical and well managed dive shops I have been to. Having […]

I just wanted thank Jayne and Colin so much for having me for the week in Sydney. Jayne, thank you for driving me around and helping me get all my jobs done – I definitely could not have done it without you! and thanks for all the help with photoshop. I have to mention that […]

After an intrepid week with Rodney Fox, I headed back to Sydney for a week before taking it international in Palau.   I have always been interested in National Environmental Law and so when Karen Raubenheimer suggested that I attend the meeting on the National Environmental Law Association (NELA) in celebration of World Oceans Day, I […]