I recently left Australia for several months of international scholarship adventures. My first stop was a tiny island called Santa Maria in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean – a place that I honestly didn’t know existed until I started my scholarship. Santa Maria is one of nine volcanic islands that make up the mid-Atlantic […]

“Ok. That should be far enough along the reef. Everybody ready? Rolling in on ‘three’ – one, two, three… see you later!” My left hand gripping my camera, my right over my mask and reg, BCD completely empty, I rolled backward off the tender, my dive buddy and Mike Ball crew member, Nicole, right behind […]

There are some experiences that I never imagined would ever actually be a part of my scholarship year. Getting to join on a film shoot with the BBC Oceans Team was certainly one of them. Having grown up with a love for the natural world from an early age, this fascination was so often enlivened, […]

I learned to Scuba dive over 10 years ago. Since then, it has grown exponentially to become a much bigger part of my life than I ever imagined. However, despite my love for the amazing reality of breathing underwater, I knew that during my scholarship year and in the future, there would certainly be occasions […]

Greetings from Santa Maria, Hope everyone had a great night at the 10th Anniversary …