Over the past few years, I have had the pleasure of introducing quite a few friends and family to the AirBuddy diving system, but I must confess, my success rate has varied. Many of my friends expressed interest in hookah diving in general and the AirBuddy system in particular, and I have always been eager to allow them a demonstration...
I am certain everyone knows of the beautiful fish found on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. To swim on the reef is to visit a world of amazing colors, living marine rainbows. Thousands of colorful and exotic fish species make the tropical reef their home, however, on occasion, some leave this home, to visit other regions of Australia. With the exception of...
In December 2023, a mature, male Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis), a species of wrasse endemic to Australia, was illegally killed by a spearfisherman in Cronulla, Sydney. The spearfishermen was interviewed by Police and issued a serious fine for taking a protected species, in a no spearing area. This particular fish was thought to be “Gus” a fish well known to...
