It was around midday, when Andrew Fox suggested that conditions were perfect for a brief stop over at Hopkins Island and take a dive with Australian Sea Lions....
This lovely fellow looks a bit startled, doesn't he? He was actually very patient with me. This Red Rockcod lives at Bass Point in Wollongong, Australia. Photocomp August '08 - Novice...
This nudibranch had hitched a ride on a Holothurian. The shot was taken at Challenger Bay on the Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photocomp July '08 - Open...
I joined Sue and big Mark (from the Byron Bay Dive Centre) and (to avoid missing anyone) the Seaworld crew, Marine Parks and Fisheries aboard the Seaworld boat this morning for a rescue attempt. My job was videographer for the underwater part of the operation. All of the shark wrangling was done by Seaworld staff....
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I was waiting for the Thresher Sharks to arrive, but when this beauty was passing by I decided to spend some time with it. Photocomp June '08 - Open...
Self portrait with Cleaner Shrimps at Blizzard Ridge, Exmouth, on the Ningaloo reef, Western Australia. Canon Powershot S80. Photocomp June '08 - Open ...
"The bountiful sea rumbled and roared under constant grey skies while the islands slumbered, their summits shrouded in mist, the lowlands leafless, dormant and salt scoured." Tui De Roy.
Most of my holidays revolve around diving, or a place where I can at least snorkel, and the colour dominating my thoughts is always blue. Christmas Island’s waters are certainly that, crystal clear and a strikingly deep cobalt blue. This time around though, a colour at the other end of the spectrum filled my every waking thought in the days leading up to my trip to the isolated island in the eastern Indian Ocean. All I could think about was RED......