Back in the days when I gave a lot of thought to virginity, I always regarded it as a – hopefully – temporary condition somewhat similar to having the chicken pox or measles, an ailment that, if I was lucky,… Read More ›
Diving Destinations
Mystery of the Last Olympian
Mystery of the Last Olympian – By Richie Kohler with Charlie Hudson Bringing history to life, Richie Kohler’s book, ‘Mystery Of The Last Olympian’ is an all-encompassing saga of iron and steel and flesh and blood that’s as much about… Read More ›
Dress For Success
It’s become apparent that in some diving circles technology is breathing new life into the old adage that ‘clothes maketh the man’ – an olde worlde way of saying that ‘first impressions count’. Beguiled by brand names, developments in life-support… Read More ›
A Swan Song
The 14th December marks the 19th anniversary of the first scuttling of a former RN Warship as an artificial reef: —————- Final preparations for the sinking of the former Royal Australian Navy Destroyer Escort, HMAS Swan, were completed a few… Read More ›
Ghosts Of The Deep: Diving the Shipwrecks of Sri Lanka – By Dharshana Jayawardena
“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 ›
“Carpe Profundum? Carpe Dentium!”
Salvage diving has always been an aspect of diving that I’ve considered getting my teeth into. ———– A fly-speck on the map, Addu Atoll and the island of Gan are located just below the equator at the southernmost tip of… Read More ›
