Next year’s 25th Anniversary of Singapore’s annual ADEX Show – now a leading event on the diving industry calendar – also marks the anniversary of the launch of my first book : Live-Aboards Of The Asia-Pacific “Believe me, my young… Read More ›
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Dining With Divers: Tales from the Kitchen Table
”From the first nail-biting story of up-close encounters with crocodiles to the last heart-warming description of how to make Pecan and Pear Bread by first growing a pear tree, Dining with Divers had me hooked from the first dip. Simon… Read More ›
Genetically Modified Behaviour
“Barely fifty-years old yet recreational diving is – in cultural terms – only slowly emerging from the Dark Ages of sexual inequality.” Says Professor Greta Wrassebender, author of the internationally acclaimed, “The Ultimate Aphrodisiac: A study of sexuality and cold,… Read More ›
Anatomy Of An Industry
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important lesson that history has to teach.” – Aldous Huxley As a concept, Australia’s former peak industry diving body had much to commend it: Particularly… Read More ›
A Run Ashore
The following story – some parts of which are absolutely true; the language of the RM Sergeant being the exception – marks the love/hate relationship that then existed between the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines. After several months spent… Read More ›
The Tek Challenge
As an activity focussed on exploration and discovery, the nature of technical diving is to push back the boundaries of knowledge, not through reckless bravado, but rather through a true appreciation and understanding of the entailed risks. Carrying with it… Read More ›
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