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 ›
shore diving
Sky Divers
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 ›
“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 ›
Getting the third degree
The problem with leaving my radio-alarm volume turned down to a gentle background drone is that while I’m slowly waking up to another day, I often confuse the tail end of dreams with news reports; a state of affairs that,… Read More ›
The Working Diver
A well respected commercial diving supervisor working on the offshore oil and gas rigs once told me that, ‘the ability to dive is not a panacea for the skills one lacks.’; a piece of wisdom that’s often overlooked by those… Read More ›
The Magic of Diving
Despite the objections of sceptics, lots of folks like to keep their options open when it comes to superstitious behaviour. It’s probably a hangover from childhood when we still believed that there might be magic in the world. Continuing to… Read More ›
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