From Mattew Maclean’s website, a photo taken during the recent Esperance Star trip we talked about in Episode 011.
The distortion from using a wide angle lens is interesting here – near objects (Bear) pulled closer and made larger, and smaller objects (Cat) pushed away and made smaller. 
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According to an article on SMH.com.au, researchers from the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project have found a number of British shipwrecks off Newport, Rhode Island, that may include the HMS Endeavour, the ship that Captain James Cook discovered Australia on.
A total of six ships have been discovered in and around Newport Harbour, where it is […]

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Hundreds of meters of coral and turtles have been wiped out at Sipadan in a tragic accident involving a large barge and the local irresponsibility of whoever is managing the island. It is incredible ironic that dive resorts were pushed off of the island in an attempt to preserve Sipadan’s […]

According to an article on Underwater Times, global warming is really having a devastating effect on our planet, and the coral reefs that we divers enjoy so much.

Global warming has had a more devastating effect on some of the world’s finest coral reefs than previously assumed, suggests the first report to show the long-term impact […]

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Originally uploaded by Andrew Newton UW.

Nice of Andrew Newton to put together this image for us. The image shows me, Bear and Dr B.

Issue 30 of UwP Mag, the free magazine for underwater photographers, is available for download now.
This is always a fabuolous magazine that is jam packed with info for uw photography nuts.
Issue 30 contains an interview with Martin Edge, author of The Underwater Photographer, product reviews on Sealux and Subal housings for the Nikon D200, and techniques […]

Ever wondered what your hosts on the Surface Interval Show look like?
Here’s Andrew Bowie, Greg “Bear” Blair and Des Paroz altogether on board MV Esperance Star.
I bet you’re sorry you asked….

Surface Interval Episode 011 (mp3 – 20MB – 59min)LISTEN HERE TO SURFACE INTERVAL
Des and Bear were joined for Episode 011 by our friend, Neil “Webguy” Miller of DiveOz fame. Neil’s a great fan of the show - almost as much as he is of Gary Brolsma, the Numa Numa guy. As a bit of […]

According to the Hot News page of the Mike Ball Dive Expeditions website, Mike Ball will be closing their PNG operations in January 2007.
There is no mention of what will be happening with their PNG based liveaboard boat, MV Paradise Sport (which has just completed an extensive refit). However, I would speculate it may […]

Stuart Butterworth left a comment asking where the next Surface Interval show is. Thanks for commenting Stuart.
Long stories, involving 17m surfboards, being rear ended while stopped by someone doing 70 and more.
But, we’ll be back soon. A show is going to be recorded tonight, and should be up in the next couple of days […]