Articles

Cocos Keeling Islands

by SeannaC

Cocos Keeling is a widely unknown tropical island paradise but thanks its hosting of an UF11 Fringe Event it is about to be added to the holiday wish list of many of the region’s divers.The 29-island atoll may only be a four-hour flight from Perth, but it feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of the mainland....

The Eastern Blue Groper - The friendliest fish in the sea.

by Kade

I'm not sure whether it is correct to imply that a fish isfriendl, but the Eastern Blue Groper certainly is inquisitive. Found on rocky reefs from Hervey Bay to Wilsos Promontory, Eastern Blue Gropers have what is nothing short of celebrity status ... WINNER best story August 2003

The Scene of the crime

by Antonella Gambotto

After weeks of flawless sunshine, it resumed bucketing (biblical winds, surfers hanging ten in bird baths, etc.) the night before the repeated last day of my Open Water Course. The first course was aborted after my instructor, a man who made Hannibal Lecter look like Mike Brady, left me alone in scaly grey chop for twenty or so minutes ...