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• Scuba Fundamental: Start Diving the Right Way – By Simon Pridmore

  By Strike on June 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The third volume in a trilogy that, collectively, spans the spectrum of diving proficiency, author and respected dive industry professional, Simon Pridmore’s latest offering, ‘Scuba Fundamental: Start Diving the Right Way’, goes back to basics with a book aimed at… Read More ›

• Ghosts Of The Deep: Diving the Shipwrecks of Sri Lanka – By Dharshana Jayawardena

  By Strike on June 14, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  “Where there are ships, there will be wrecks.”  Rebuilding itself after the rigours of a lengthy civil war, the island nation of Sri Lanka is rapidly becoming recognised as an emerging tourism hot-spot and a major drawcard in the global… Read More ›

• A Chain Reaction

  By Strike on June 8, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Putting the bite on sharks may not be good for our health.  There are distinct advantages in being at the top of the food chain.  Not least the fact that with so many choices between the lower end of the… Read More ›

• Sky Divers

  By Strike on March 28, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Five kilometres off-shore from Long Reef, on Sydney’s northern beaches, a handful of wrecks scuttled in 50-plus metres attract large numbers of recreational divers.  For two technical divers attempting one of the deeper wrecks, a carefully planned dive turned to… Read More ›

• Howard Hall and the ‘Deep Sea’

  By Strike on March 18, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  (In 2006, I had the opportunity to chat with legendary underwater film-makers, Howard and Michelle Hall. The following interview was first published in April of that year. ) ———— For filmmaker, Howard Hall, diving and photographing the undersea world has… Read More ›

• Keeping Dry

  By Strike on March 6, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Hailed as a prophetic masterpiece of science-fiction when it was first published in 1869, Jules Verne’s, “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”, overlooked the earlier achievements of Augustus Siebe and his diving helmet and standard flexible dress. A diving breakthrough… Read More ›

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