Gallery - Australia
Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It's about the same size as the 48 mainland states of the USA and 50 per cent larger than Europe, but has the lowest population density in the world - only two people per square kilometre.
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Western Australia
- Victoria
- Tasmania
- South Australia
- Queensland
- Northern Territory
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Dive the Coral Sea
by RichardW
This photo of divers above the fan was taken at Flinders Reef in the Coral Sea, Australia. It was taken on a Nikonas 5 with a 20mm lens and SB 105 strobe using Ectachrome 100 slide film.
Photocomp July '11- Open
School of Jacks
by RichardW
This photo a school of Jacks was taken at Flinders Reef in the Coral Sea, Australia. It was taken using a Nikonas 5 with 20mm lens, SB 105 strobe and Ectachrome 100 slide film.
Photocomp July '11 - Open
Leafy Sea Dragon
by Chris
We braved 12C water at Tumby Bay, South Australia to find the elusive, fragile and beautiful Leafy Seadragons. Canon 7D, Nauticam Housing, Inon Z240 strobes.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
Ink-jet Away
This octopus was photographed in Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia. The octopus was found trapped on the beach. We were witnessing its release back into the wild. Nikon D700 with Sea & Sea housing plus 2 INON Z-240 strobes.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
Stunning Weedy
A Weedy Seadragon at Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. Nikon D700 in Sea&Sea housing, plus 2 INON Z-240 strobes.
Photocomp June '11- Open
The Guardian
by MattT
Potbelly Seahorses are found in large numbers around Rye Pier particularly at night. Victoria, Australia. Nikon D700 in Nexus housing.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
Drifting Jewel
by MattT
Another image of one of my favourites, Bobtail Squid at Rye, Victoria, Australia on a night dive. Nikon D700 in Nexus housing.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
The Dish
by MattT
Image of a snooted Anemone taken at Blairgowrie Marina in Victoria, Australia. Nikon D700 in Nexus housing.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
Hidden Dragon
by MattT
Weedy Seadragon hidden beneath the veil of darkness at Rye Pier in Victoria, Australia on a night dive. Nikon D700 in Nexus housing.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
Ceratosoma magnifica
by MargoS
Ceratosoma magnifica at Moon Island off Swansea Heads, Australia. Canon G9.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
Make-up
by SatoshiK
A decorated Dartfish taken at Agincourt Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Nikon D300, Sea&Sea Housing, Nikon 105mm, Inon Z240x2.
Photocomp June '11 - Open
Mantis-Shrimp
by BillV
A Mantis Shrimp at about 15 meters, a lucky find by my buddy. Lady Elliot Island, Australia. Olympus PEN E-PL1, Lens: Elmarit 45mm Macro, Flash: UF-2 Olympus, ISO100, F13, 1/160
Photocomp June '11 - Open
In the Directory
Articles
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Padbury Senior Highschool dive with sharks
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by mlehmann
- "Hey Boss, I really want to take 12 kids diving with about 16 sharks" is not a good request in the days following a tragic attack at the Abrolhos (and the request to take a group there later in the year is a completely different issue!!), and the request being granted was an even larger surprise.
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Time to chill at Bondi Beach
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by Richard
- Diving in Sydney is like drinking beer, it can take a while to get used to but once you get the taste for it, you're hooked for life.
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Encounters with Grey Nurse Sharks - A diving adventure
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by kerryb
- Of all the books I have ever read on Australian dive sites all of them list South West Rocks, more specifically Fish Rock Cave in New South Wales as a premier diving spot with the longest underwater sea cave in the Southern Hemisphere and of course the resident Grey Nurse Sharks.
