After catching an overnight ferry from Oslo (Norway) to Copenhagen (Denmark), Jamie, Eline and I boarded a flight that I had been anticipating for a long time. We were finally going to Iceland! This country is spectacular for its diving, landscapes and social atmosphere, it is place far away from Australia and a place I […]

My Scandinavian adventure started on the 4th April when I arrived in Copenhagen at 6.30am. I had just travelled overnight from Bali via Bangkok and on arrival in at the airport I was met by Jamie and Eline, the other two scholars. We had not seen each other since New York, so was great to […]

On Monday evening, the 6th July, Shannon Conway dropped me at Perth Airport for my journey to the Operation Wallacea field station in SE Sulawesi, Indonesia. Operation Wallacea (www.opwall.com) is a non profit initiative that has set up marine research and volunteer expeditions to some of the remote biodiversity hotspots (both marine and terrestrial).I arrived […]

During my time here at Exmouth I have been fortunate enough to get out for a few dives on Ningaloo Reef. Ningaloo is one of the world largest fringing reefs with the outer reef coming in as close as 100 m from shore. Although the reef is closer to shore than the GBR the area […]

I arrived in Exmouth on the 16th July to help Brad Norman and his research on the world largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus). I met Brad earlier in the year in New York, when he came along to the dinner at the Explorers Club. He is also a Rolex Award winner, being awarded […]