• Beautiful BANGKA

    NICOLAS REMY GOES IN SEARCH OF SOFT CORALS AND COLOURFUL CRITTERS IN INDONESIA
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    EX-HMAS HOBART CHELSEA HAEBICH TAKES A TOUR AROUND THE ARTIFICIAL REEF
    TECH: MOUNT GAMBIER KERRIE BUROW ROUNDS OUT HER AUSSIE CAVE-DIVING ADVENTURE
    BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS NIGEL MARSH TRACKS DOWN THIS SMALL BUT DEADLY MARINE CREATURE
    MALAYSIA SYDNEY HARBOUR TAHITI PERDIX 2 ISSUE #51

  • Inhalt

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    Regular columns

    10 News round-up
    The truth about the Great Barrier Reef, a boating accident caused by a whale in New Zealand, EYOS joins forces with OCEEF, and Rebreather Forum 4 heads to Malta.
    18 DAN Medical Q&A
    The Divers Alert Network team answer questions on the Valsalva manoeuvre and brain surgery.
    54 Divers Alert Network
    An experienced diver relates a salutory tale of how mistakes and bad decisions can have serious consequences.
    82 Conservation Corner
    Meridian Adventure Dive offer some tips on ways to become an ‘eco-traveller’.

    Monthly features...

    22 Australia
    Wrecks exist for many reasons, including storms and navigational errors, but ships are also sunk as artificial reefs, like the ex-HMAS Hobart, explains Chelsea Haebich.
    30 Tahiti, part two
    In the second of two parts, we look at the rich and varied diving regions around the islands of Tahiti.
    36 Malaysia
    As Ocean Day approaches, we present a travellers’ guide to protecting Sabah’s seas and reefs.
    42 Diving with Nays Baghai
    We chat to underwater cameraman, independent film-maker and musician Nays Baghai.

    INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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    46 Unique Australian Marine Life
    Nigel Marsh focuses on the blue-ringed octopus.
    56 TECH: Australia, part two
    Kerrie Burow continues her exploration of the world-class cave diving around Mount Gambier.
    62 Australia
    A city perfectly in tune with the ocean; there’s more to Sydney than surface appearances suggest, as Jayne Jenkins explains.
    68 Indonesia
    After a few years focusing his diving around Australia’s temperate waters, Nicolas Remy heads to Bangka Island to quench his coral-thirst….

    Gear & testing

    74 What’s New
    We take a look at some new products heading to market, including a batch of the apres-dive clothing. We have the Submariner jumper from Fourth Element, new T-shirts from KUBI, a 200gm undersuit from Otter Watersports, a hoodie from Santi Diving, and a warm hood from Tecline.
    76 Test Extra
    Editorial Director Mark Evans rates and reviews new equipment - in this issue, the Shearwater Research Perdix 2 is given the once-over on dives both in the UK and in the decidedly chilly waters of Iceland.