The protection in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves – our 2012 proclaimed world class network of marine sanctuaries – is to be gutted by Parks Australia’s review in a massive step backwards.
Some of our video postcards from a week on the Great Barrier Reef diving between Lizard and Pelorus Islands aboard Coral Expeditions II
Outrigger Zone or Ozone is the Outrigger Resorts global conservation initiative with local activities at their beachside resorts such as seeding new coral beds. Their goal is to grow an entire football field worth of coral by 2025.
Diveplanit profiles our own Associate Photographer Pete McGee – Winner of the Endemic and Black & White Categories in the First Lord Howe Island Underwater Photo Shootout.
Our guest blogger and keen aquanaut Dof Dickinson shares her dive trip with photos and video to the unspoilt island of Tioman, off Malaysia’s mainland north of Singapore.
Planning a trip to Cairns to see the Great Barrier Reef? Diveplanit recommends you join the evening session at Reef Teach for an entertaining and informative introduction to the Reef. You’ll enjoy your time on the Reef so much more – understanding the complexities of what you’re seeing.
In our own marine magical beasts and where to find them blog, we feature an in-depth article by the well-known Hollywood-based film director Klaus Obermeyer in search of the biofluorescent turtle.
Passions of Paradise Cruises offer day trips aboard their new catamaran to snorkel and dive the Great Barrier Reef daily, with special deals for divers in the winter months.
Coral Expeditions: the relaxed alternative way to dive the Great Barrier Reef from Lizard to Hinchinbrook diving and snorkelling many reefs in between plus guided land trips and a visit to Fitzroy Turtle Sanctuary.
Please Celebrate World Oceans Day 8 June by sharing your love and passion for the oceans with positive stories and images to create more ocean advocates. Here are some ideas…