http://www.divingabout.com/ Diving About en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:57:00 GMT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:57:00 GMT info@divingabout.com info@divingabout.com http://www.divingabout.com/bad-vis/ You might have read that headline and thought 'I knew it... she's utterly mad!!!'..That may indeed be true, but it is a little beside the point. You know how it... http://www.divingabout.com/bad-vis/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/bad-vis/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:57:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/sea-world-rescues-a-shark/ On Tuesday, Sea World (on the Gold Coast) rescued a Grey Nurse shark from an agonising fate, by lasooing it and removing the GAFF that was lodged in it's mouth/gullet... http://www.divingabout.com/sea-world-rescues-a-shark/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/sea-world-rescues-a-shark/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:02:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/murder-and-mayhem-under-the-water/ Scuba is getting a bit of a bad rap lately. There have been allegations of 'undersea murder' (might be a good name for a live aboard boat... ok maybe not... http://www.divingabout.com/murder-and-mayhem-under-the-water/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/murder-and-mayhem-under-the-water/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:25:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/are-you-scared-of-sharks/ If you've stopped by my page in the past, you will know that I write a fair bit about sharks... That is simply because I think they are cool. But... http://www.divingabout.com/are-you-scared-of-sharks/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/are-you-scared-of-sharks/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:15:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/shark-finning-on-the-great-barrier-reef/ SORRY??? Did you say hunt gorillas and lop off their paws, for the ashtray trade?? Or maybe you suggested we should hunt Rhinoceros for their horns, and make some love... http://www.divingabout.com/shark-finning-on-the-great-barrier-reef/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/shark-finning-on-the-great-barrier-reef/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:58:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/cave-dive-with-sharks/ For goodness sake. Get yourself to South West rocks and dive Fish Rock Cave, before it's most famous residents - the endangered Grey Nurse Shark - disappear! For those who... http://www.divingabout.com/cave-dive-with-sharks/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/cave-dive-with-sharks/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:44:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/diving-etiquette/ Ok, I appreciate that there is a rule that says you must always inform a friend (inconspicuously of course) of the presence of ANYTHING dangling from or peeking out of... http://www.divingabout.com/diving-etiquette/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/diving-etiquette/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:58:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/immoral-soup/ Please accept my apologies in advance, but the time has come for me to make a break from the mindlessly irrelevant - for a moment - and get up on... http://www.divingabout.com/immoral-soup/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/immoral-soup/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:59:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/stingrays-killers-or-kittens/ If you keep up with the mainstream news, you've probably noticed the amazing increase in stingray related deaths recently. It seems that, ever since Steve Irwin's untimely demise, stingrays have... http://www.divingabout.com/stingrays-killers-or-kittens/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/stingrays-killers-or-kittens/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:51:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/is-it-socially-acceptable-to-wee-in-your-wetsuit/ It's that grey area in diving that is not universally agreed upon, but everyone does it. It's often discussed openly but some people will try to convince you they have... http://www.divingabout.com/is-it-socially-acceptable-to-wee-in-your-wetsuit/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/is-it-socially-acceptable-to-wee-in-your-wetsuit/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:48:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/shark-diving-in-fiji/ My husband and I recently went to Fiji. Ostensibly we were there for a friend's wedding, but we took the opportunity to get underwater and see some of Fiji's fantastic... http://www.divingabout.com/shark-diving-in-fiji/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/shark-diving-in-fiji/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:15:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/what-about-buddies/ When you learn to dive you are told never to dive without a buddy. Your gear checks and pre-entry check involves your buddy. You plan your dive together and you... http://www.divingabout.com/what-about-buddies/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/what-about-buddies/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:46:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/why-do-we-do-it/ Ever since the development of the first (commercially viable) aqualung in the 1940's (Jaques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan) the underwater world has been readily accessible to an animal whose fundamental... http://www.divingabout.com/why-do-we-do-it/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/why-do-we-do-it/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:52:00 GMT http://www.divingabout.com/pleased-you-could-drop-in/ Welcome to ''Diving About'. The home of Scuba related banter, critter and conservation information and the occasional product review. To get things started, I thought I should let you know... http://www.divingabout.com/pleased-you-could-drop-in/#comments http://www.divingabout.com/pleased-you-could-drop-in/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:24:00 GMT