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Diving Glossary

Have a look through our extensive glossary and find out what some of those tricky terms and abbreviations you keep hearing are all about.

Palau – sharks, walls, caves and jellyfish…

Travelling to Palau was not as easy as we would have liked as we couldn't get direct flights from Australia. Although this was a pretty long journey, it proved a very worthwhile one as diving Palau is just fantastic.

So you want to be a SCUBA Diving Instructor?

I have worked as an instructor for about 6 years. I absolutely love it. So I thought I would be able to shed a bit of light on the subject for anyone who is interested in becoming one themselves.

Restoring a Fishery - With Dugongs

In an imaginative approach to fisheries renewal a Thai scientist is using the dugong as the centerpiece of his campaign to restore fishing livelihoods and coastal ecosystems. Julian Cribb reports.

Discovering Papua New Guinea

While divers and surfers gave envious comments about my upcoming adventure, most other people were full of warnings about the dangers of PNG, but it had been on my list of prime diving destinations for many years.

Yap, Micronesia - not just a place for Manta Rays

Yep, it is worthwhile traveling from Australia to Yap in Micronesia – or from anywhere else for that matter. Yap is a unique paradise in Micronesia - lush, tropical and with abundant life above and below the water.

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What nudibranch is this?

Thought I have to put this one up. I photographed this at Julian Rocks in January 2004. Anybody out there with a name? - please post it in the discussion board or email underwater.com.au.

Sweetlips School

Sweetlips at Gordon's Mooring, Cairns. Taken by Caroline Swinburne - Photocomp September '04 - Open