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Australia

Watching A Great White Shark Attack

by Chris on September 3, 2009

One of the most awe-inspiring things I've ever witnessed is watching a great white shark attack a tuna bait - the sheer power and force of a great white in motion is stunning [click to continue…]

Neville Coleman – A Life Less Ordinary

by Chris on August 22, 2009

50 years ago no one took Neville Coleman seriously when he set out to dive the entire Australian coast and document the incredible marine life he discovered. Now he's regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on Asia-Pacific's underwater world. [click to continue…]

Cage Diving With Great White Sharks And Rodney Fox In Australia: Shark And Awe

by Chris on July 22, 2009

South Australia's Rodney Fox Expeditions is the only operator in the world where you can scuba dive with great white sharks. Chris Mitchell comes face to face with the ocean's most fearsome predator. [click to continue…]

Richie Kohler, USS Lagarto and Great White Sharks

by Chris on September 25, 2008

My articles about the discovery of the USS Lagarto and diving with great white sharks have just been published by Fah Thai and Tiger Tales inflight magazines [click to continue…]

Great White Sharks in Australia article and Neville Coleman Interview

by Chris on July 29, 2008

Just published is my Asian Diver magazine article about cage diving with great white sharks with Rodney Fox in South Australia, and also my interview with Neville Coleman in Scuba Diver AustralAsia magazine. Coleman is one of Australia's most distinguished marine biologists, completely self-taught, who pushed forward knowledge of Australian marine life massively by diving the entire coast of Australia on a self-financed and often perilous expedition that took several years. Last year Coleman was inducted into the Scuba Diving Hall Of Fame, along with Rodney Fox, who is an Australian legend for surviving a great white shark attack and going on to pioneer great white conservation. [click to continue…]

Great White Shark Videos

Back from my trip with Rodney Fox to see the Great White Sharks off the coast of Southern Australia, here are some video clips of my time in the water with these amazing creatures

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Going Diving With Great White Sharks

I added the complete Rodney Fox interview as I’m heading off to Australia tomorrow to meet the man himself and go cage diving off South Australia to come face to face with the great white sharks. I’m still pinching myself that this is actually happening and you can be sure that I’ll be trying to [...]

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Great White Shark Survivor And Protector – The Complete Rodney Fox Interview

Rodney Fox has helped shape our understanding of great white sharks for over 40 years and still regularly voyages off the South Australian coast to cage dive with these incredible creatures. Here’s the full version of the Rodney Fox interview I did for Scuba Diver AustralAsia magazine a few months ago.

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Rodney Fox Interview: Diving With Great White Sharks

Rodney Fox is something of a legend in Australia. The man who survived a near fatal great white shark attack, he subsequently dedicated his life to understanding and protecting these amazing creatures

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Halt The Salt! Ningaloo Reef Under Threat From Huge Salt Mine Operation

Exmouth Gulf – one of Western Australia’s most environmentally important areas and one of the best places to see whale sharks in the world – is under potential threat from a plan to build one of the world’s biggest salt mines.

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Diving With Great White Sharks: Rodney Fox

Rodney Fox is a legend amongst shark divers – one of the few people to survive being attacked by a Great White Shark, Fox has dedicated his life to understanding and conserving these amazing and fearsome creatures from his base in Adelaide, Australia

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Stingrays Mutilated In Wake Of Steve Irwin’s Death

10 stingrays have been found dead and mutilated around Australia’s Queensland coast in the wake of Steve Irwin’s death from a stingray’s barb last week

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Steve Irwin Killed By Stingray

World famous Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been tragically killed by the barb of a stingray whilst filming an underwater documentary on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

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Whale Sharks: The Giants Of Ningaloo Reef

“Whale Sharks: The Giants Of Ningaloo Reef” is a unique book by Geoff Taylor that provides an amazing photographic and text document about the whale sharks of Western Australia

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Australia Diving Books

There are plenty of books specifically about scuba diving in Australia, which you can browse and buy online.

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Great Barrier Reef Dead By 2050?

There are a lot of dire warnings about global warming – and Tim Flannery’s book The Weather Makers predicts that the Great Barrier Reef might die off due to the oceans heating up within the next 50 years

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Whale Shark Pics On Flickr

It’s not often whale shark pics turn up on photo sharing site Flickr – but when they do, it’s worth the wait

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Great Barrier Reef Guide Book – for free!

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the biggest reef in the world and a scuba diving mecca. DiveAdvisory.org have prepared a 70 page book about the Barrier Reef’s many attractions – and it’s absolutely free

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Dive In Style: Tim Simond

Dive In Style is a lavish coffetable book that’s packed with photos of the best places to dive around the world – and chill out afterwards too

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Backpacker’s Wallet Found On Aussie Reef

A British backpacker’s missing wallet has been returned by an Australian diver who found it perched on the Great Barrier Reef 10 metres below the surface

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Ningaloo Reef Without The Whale Sharks

Whale sharks are the most famous seasonal visitors to Ningaloo Reef, but the diving is spectacular all year round

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The Whale Sharks Of Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Whale sharks appear every year at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, one of the most pristine and important coral reef systems in the world

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Ningaloo Reef may go ‘World Heritage’

One of the world’s most spectacular places to dive, Australia’s Ningaloo Reef is in line for long overdue protection

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Weedy Sea Dragons: Dive Australia

Unique to the waters of Australia, weedy sea dragons are a spectacular find for any diver, especially if they’re lucky enough to be able to get photos too

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HMAS Brisbane: Dive Australia

HMAS Brisbane was deliberately sunk to create a new artificial reef for Australian divers. Now the destroyer has become a scuba mecca for divers in Queensland

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Stalked By A Great White Shark

Aussie football star Josh Francou tells how he and his dad had an up close and personal encounter with a great white shark while out fishing in a small fibreglass boat

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Great White Shark Travels from South Africa to Australia

The first 11000 mile transoceanic shark trip has been recorded by a team of scientists tracking the movements of great white sharks

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Busselton Jetty, West Australia

Busselton is one of South Western Australia’s hidden scuba diving gems thanks to its famous jetty

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Popular Australia Diving Articles

The Whale Sharks Of Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Great Barrier Reef Guide Book – For Free!
TripAdvisor: Find Australian hotels, ideas for things to do and read other travellers’ reviews
Busselton Jetty and HMAS Swan, Western Australia
HMAS Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Australia Diving Books

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