1965 was, ‘The Year of Living Dangerously’. Operating in and out of Singapore and the dockyard at Sembawang throughout 1965 – during ‘Konfrontasi’ with Indonesia – there were, before again falling into an on-going routine of ship’s bottom searches and… Read More ›
The following article was written for – and published in – ‘Professional Diver Journal’ in 1996. ——————– Out in Australia’s Bass Strait oil fields the last diver of the day shift completes his surface decompression schedule and climbs from the… Read More ›
On the 25th August, 2000, in a ceremony as dignified as the deeds of those that it honoured, the Royal Australian Navy paid tribute to the Clearance Diving Branch with the dedication of a permanent memorial to those Clearance Divers,… Read More ›
All stories, no matter how lengthy in the telling, have their ending. But the very best remain stored away, together with life’s other precious memories, to be told time and time again … until time itself runs out. As it… Read More ›
Technology has enjoyed considerable advances since the Polly-Gaff’ Gas Analyser was first announced – almost thirty years ago, in the May 1997 pages of Scuba Diver Magazine —————– The inherent problem with gas analysers is their frailty. While primary diving… Read More ›
For more than two hundred years, Sydney Harbour has been a focal point of Australian life. For immigrants fleeing countries either torn apart by war, or facing economic collapse, arrival in Sydney Harbour marked the beginning of a new life. … Read More ›
