We are just now back from the inaugural Megafauna Expedition, with the MV Sea Esta docking at the Townsville breakwater marina yesterday. What a privilege, to see so much coral, so many fish all the way to the Garden of Porites at Myrmidon Reef. A … [Read more...] about Successful Inaugural Megafauna Expedition
Megafauna
What do we know about sharks?
Available statistics on sharks: the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority can't tell me whether numbers are increasing or decreasing. We used to hunt whales, but now we revere them, and numbers are on the increase. We don’t eat turtle … [Read more...] about What do we know about sharks?
Shooting Turtles, with our Cameras
The inaugural Great Barrier Reef Megafauna Expedition departs in just two days, on Monday 2nd September for 5 nights at sea – weather permitting. And the weather does look like it might be a bit blowy. Breaking news: There are now six categories … [Read more...] about Shooting Turtles, with our Cameras
Announcing the Five Megafauna Photographers
The Great Barrier Reef has become a global symbol of manmade climate change. Along with this has come a focus on corals, and a believe that they are mostly small, fragile and bleached. In fact, species of Porites are the foundation of most coral … [Read more...] about Announcing the Five Megafauna Photographers
In Search of Mega Rays & Manta Rays
I was diving at Wreck Beach Reef, Great Keppel Island, last Friday and I managed to photograph a Blue Spotted Fan Ray (Taeniura lyenma) –a regular stingray in the family Dasyatidae except with blue spots! It was my dive buddy Kirsty who … [Read more...] about In Search of Mega Rays & Manta Rays
In Search of Bump Heads
The first time I saw a group of them I was far to the east of the Great Barrier Reef, beyond Australia’s continental shelf, 15 metres underwater at Bougainville Reef that rises as a platform in the northern Coral Sea. They were like buffalo across … [Read more...] about In Search of Bump Heads