Solo diver recounts brush with mako sharks off Tasmanian coast
Phillip Ellis Wells was on his own 20 metres underwater, 7 kilometres off the Tasmanian east coast, when…
Worst crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak in decades emerging on Great Barrier Reef
Scientists are rushing to contain an emerging outbreak of the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTs) on the Great Barrier…
What it’s like snorkelling around Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia
I’d arrived in Cairns the night before, staying at the aptly named Crystalbrook Flynn. After checking in, I…