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Don Silcock by Irwan Sandrady
The concept behind the site is to provide a portal into the region and it’s best diving locations, with interesting & factual descriptions of what is there, what you will see, when to go and how to get there. I have been to all the dive locations at least once, but often 2-3 times, and only use images from those trips to illustrate it – so what you see is what I saw when I was there.
Some of my trips are supported by dive operators, but my descriptions of their operations are as I found them and I try very hard to provide a factual & balanced viewpoint.
What’s New – Ambon: I have just returned from a one week trip to Ambon in the spice island province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia, where I stayed and dived with Maluku Divers.
Mating mandarin fish at the Twilight Zone
It has been nearly 4 years since I was last there and the new Maluku Divers resort is really nice and a huge improvement on the old one on the other side of the harbor on the Letimar Peninsular.
I got a lot of good images and also conducted my first one-on-one photo-workshop with Jakarta based diver & photographer Irwan Sandrady, which turned out really well.
I did several dives at the famous Twilight Zone and will be updating my location pages and image galleries as soon as I complete the review and editing of all the images.
On the right is a shot of two Mandarin fish taken during a dusk dive at the Twilight Zone to observe their elaborate (and difficult to photograph…) nightly mating ritual.
What’s New – PNG: I am still working through all the images from my two week trip in September to Kimbe Bay in the New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, staying at and diving with Walindi Plantation Resort.
The trip was for my Papua New Guinea book project which is coming along nicely and I will be updating my location pages and image galleries as I complete all the reviews – but in the meantime, check out the Mitsubishi Zero wreck image gallery I uploaded recently.
What’s New – Mozambique: I have added several new location pages on Tofo’s megafauna in Southern Mozambique, based on the big trip I did there last year.
It really is a great location and I will definitely go back there and explore some more – hopefully the new location pages will inspire you to go there too!
Next Trip – New Ireland: My next trip is in February and is to a destination I have been wanting to visit for several years – the Kavieng area of New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea, staying at and diving with Lissenung Island Resort.
The trip is to cover the area as part of my book project on Papua New Guinea and I am really looking forward to the trip.
More to follow….
Recent Dive Trips
Whyalla’s Giant Cuttlefish
In May 2010 I spent four days in South Australia photographing the annual Giant Australian Cuttlefish aggregation near Whyalla. It was a truly unique & memorable experience and thumbnails from trip can be seen below and the full gallery is available on this link Giant Cuttlefish
Timor Leste
In August 2010 I spent two weeks in Timor Leste (East Timor) diving with Dive Timor Lorosae on the coastal sites to the east & west of the capital Dili, which is on the north coast of the island.
I had some great dives and thumbnails from trip can be seen below and the full gallery is available on this link Coastal Sites
Mozambique
In November 2010 I spent two weeks at Tofo in Mozambique diving with Diversity Scuba on the offshore sites famous for their manta rays and whale sharks.
My first time in southern Africa, but not the last for sure! Thumbnails from trip can be seen below and the full gallery is available on this link Mozambique Image Gallery
Amed’s Japanese Shipwreck
In January 2011 I spent a week in Amed in the north-east of Bali close to the more famous Tulamben Bay and the Liberty Wreck. One of the highlights of the week was several dives on the Japanese Wreck. Here are some images from the trip or take a look at the full gallery
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