Underwater Photography in the Asia Pacific
Like a scene from a film set, the wreck of the B-17F “Black Jack” lays undisturbed in 50m of water, just off the fringing reef from the remote village of Boga Boga on the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea. Discovered in 1986 by Australians Rod Pearce, Bruce Johnson and David Pennefather during a dedicated [...]
The tale of the boy and the sleeping crocodile is told often in Timor Leste… It is used to explain the island’s crocodile-like shape and why the Timorese have a special affinity with the large reptile that is said to inhabit the creeks & pools along much of the south coast of the country. I [...]
Mention Kavieng among any group of experienced scuba divers and you will quickly discern three key themes – big currents, schooling pelagics and clear blue water. A quick look at the map, combined with a very basic awareness of oceanography, will tell you why… New Ireland is located along the eastern rim of the Bismarck [...]
On the Solomon Sea side of the peninsular that forms the north coast of Milne Bay is a small village called Lauadi. It’s a pretty place, with lush vegetation and a black sand beach, but very little else to distinguish it from many other similar villages in Milne Bay Province. But what makes Lauadi so [...]
Papua New Guinea is truly one of the last frontiers – the country is a wild & adventurous place that offers some tremendous scuba diving, combined with many unique and fascinating things to see above the water. One of the world’s most heterogeneous countries, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a population of around 6.5 million [...]
What would you do if one day you realized that the side-effects of the industry you helped to introduce were starting to degrade the pristine environment of your backyard – turn a blind eye… hug a tree perhaps? Well, if you are anything like Max and Cecilie Benjamin, you fight long and hard to protect [...]
Indonesia is without doubt a country that can constantly surprise and delight you – usually when you are least expecting it! The huge archipelago of more than 17,000 island offers some of the best diving in the world, ranging from the incredible reefs of Misool in Raja Ampat to the amazing critters of the Lembeh [...]
Tasi Tolu on the outskirt’s of Timor Leste’s capital Dili is probably the best, and certainly the most famous, critter site in the country. So famous in fact, it was saved from being smothered in run-off by the direct intervention of the country’s former President, Dr. Ramos Horta. Tasi Tolu gets its name from the [...]
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