I’ve always had a soft spot for the cold temperate waters of Southern Australia. Especially as I grew up, learnt to dive, spent most of my free time and was lucky enough to conduct my research in Tasmanian waters. Past Australasian Scholar Stefan Andrews invited me to help him work on a new project which is […]

I returned to Austalia after a month of diving in the warm tropical waters of the Pacific, where the 2013 Australasian Scholar Stefan Andrews invited me to join him in his home state of South Australia for some familiar, cooler temperate diving. I was also set to undertake my PADI Drysuit Speciality Course. The first part of […]

If you were offered the chance to sail from Fiji to Tahiti, exploring islands and diving the warm tropical waters all along the way, whilst onboard the magnificent National Geographic Orion thanks to Lindblad Expeditions, chances are you would say yes as fast as I did! Before embarking on our expedition from Lautoka in Fiji, […]

When I was asked if I wanted to go to Fiji to dive with the Bull Sharks for my first OWUSS scholarship experience, as anyone could imagine, the answer was a big YES! After I finally handed in my honours thesis and completed my final seminar for IMAS in Tasmania, I headed to Pacific Harbour, in […]

My name is Olivia Johnson and I feel extremely honoured to be able to say that I am the 2018 Australasian Rolex Scholar of the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society! I had previously heard about the Rolex Scholarship and had been following the 2016 and 2017 scholars on their journeys through their social media pages, […]