My name is Don Silcock and this site is dedicated to scuba diving, adventure dive travel & underwater photography in the Indo-Pacific region.
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. But it’s a big area… so since 2004 I have been concentrating on Papua New Guinea & Indonesia and using the images taken & the articles published to populate the content of this site.
As I write this in early 2010, I have now covered most of the major locations – tough job, but someone had to do it… but have not completed all the Dive Locations pages from my trips, however all the Image Galleries & articles are completed. I am updating the site regularly and adding the missing pieces, as time allows, but if you can’t find what you are looking for please use the Contact form to send me a message with your query and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
North Sulawesi… home to some of the very best diving Indonesia has to offer – Bunaken Marine Park on the western side and the Lembeh Strait on the eastern side. Bunaken is famous for it’s walls and blue water diving, but there is also some significant critter diving to be had as well if you have [...]
Last year I spent almost six weeks at Tufi in Papua New Guinea, as part of a book project I have been working on with the dive resort there, to document the numerous offshore reefs, the unique tropical fiords and the local village culture. Tufi really is a special place and while the offshore reefs are excellent, [...]
Great White Shark cage diving is one of those ”must do” experiences for most underwater photographers. My first trip however was not exactly a qualified success, as we spent 7 days out at the Neptune Islands in South Australia and did not see a single shark, but I really enjoyed the overall experience and was determined to go back. That was [...]
Underwater Photography Magazine – March 2010 Very few creatures are as firmly embedded into the public’s psyche as Carcharodon carcharias – the Great White Shark. It’s reputation as a ruthless killing machine, prowling the depths waiting to pounce on unsuspecting surfers, swimmers and in fact anybody foolish enough to enter the water, is hard-wired into [...]
Milne Bay Province was where liveaboard diving was pioneered in Papua New Guinea and one of the very first areas to be explored was the area around the village of Lauadi on the remote north coast. Home to to two exceptional, but very different sites – Dinah’s Beach and Deacon’s Reef. Dinah’s is a critter site with an exceptional variety of the weird & wonderful that the sea has to offer, while Deacon’s Reef is one of the best wide angle sites you could wish for.
This article is the second of a series of three on the area around Tawali Dive Resort in Milne Bay.