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 [...]
Kimbe Bay – Zero Wreck
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Diving Papua New Guinea: B17 Black Jack Wreck – X-Ray Magazine Article
December 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The wreck of the Black Jack B17 bomber sits serenely in 50m of clear blue water just off from the village of Boga Boga, on the tip of Cape Vogel on Collingwood Bay. Almost completely intact, the wreck is an amazing site to behold as you descend the steep slope from the fringing reef and [...]
Papua New Guinea: The Facial Tattoos of Oro Province
October 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of the most visually intriging things about the local villagers around Tufi in Oro Province are the facial tattoos worn by many of the women – something you would not really be aware of without making the effort to visit them… Tattoos, and body art in general, have enjoyed a significant renaissance in western [...]
Diving Mozambique: X-Ray Tofo Mega Fauna Article
October 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On the southeastern seaboard of Africa, along a 200km stretch of the Mozambique coastline, Mother Nature has conspired to create what can only really be described as the perfect underwater biological storm. For it is in this remote area that several major African & Indian Ocean currents converge, producing some unique counter-cyclic eddies that suck [...]
Papua New Guinea: A Kiap Returns…
July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I have to be honest and admit that I had no idea what a Kiap actually was until I met Doug Robbins & his family over a drink on the verandah of Tufi Dive Resort’s main lodge. Doug had been a Kiap in Papua New Guinea for 4 years from 1969 to 1973 during the [...]
Diving China: The 1800 year old Lion City of Qian Dao Lake
June 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Once home to more than 200,000 people, Lion City is now submerged some 30m below the surface of Qian Dao lake in south-west China. I heard about the 1800 year old city back in 2008 while I was living in Shanghai on an 18 month work assignment and the thought of diving it intrigued me. [...]
Papua New Guinea: B25 Mitchell “Pistoff” Bomber Wreck
March 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Like the ghost from the past that she is, the wreck of the Mitchell Bomber lays in about 17m of water, some 200m off the beach near Wanigela in Collingwood Bay. Sediment from the nearby river mouth gives the surrounding water a grey-green cast that greatly reduces the visibility, but it also creates a mist [...]
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