A measly two days after the AG awards ceremony Jayne Jenkins, the Vice President and coordinator of the Australasian scholarship arm, whisked me off to Lord Howe Island to meet Tas and Loz of Pro Dive Lord Howe.  The newly married couple run a fantastic dive shop on one of the most incredible islands I’ve […]

I arrived in Australia the morning of October 6th (at the ungodly hour of 6 AM) and was greeted by my two good friends Tane and Alex.  Back in December 2009 the three of us undertook an expedition to the Togean Islands, a small chain of islands nestled in the Gulf of Tomini in Northern […]

I’ve finally uploaded episode two in the Underwater Updates series!  Sorry for the delay – although I finished editing a long time ago, I’ve entered the film in the 2010 Marseilles World Festival of Underwater Pictures and wanted to wait until reasonably close to the festival to release it publicly!  (I considered waiting until the […]

I’ve finished my stay at Hanifaru, but I’ve left full of excitement and with future plans full of manta rays.  Unfortunately the last ten days have been heavy with storms and light on the mantas, but uneventful days on a boat spark thoughtful discussions and novel ideas (and more than the occasional game of backgammon), […]

I’ve never seen a whale shark before. The other day, as I was drying off on the top of the Ark Royal’s dhoni (a traditional Maldivian vessel) after a snorkel, a 6 meter whale shark came swimming into Hanifaru Bay, the small semi-enclosure on the southern edge of Hanifaru Lagoon. Within about a minute of […]