A roundup on dive travel and marine related stories
Posted in Dive Travel, Marine conservation, Uncategorized on May 17th, 2011
Minke Girl – the career of a former Diversion client- It sounds a bit like a fairytale, but this one is true: Susan Sobtzick from Berlin, a former client of Diversion Dive Travel, now lives in Townsville, where she has finished her PhD about Minke Whales. Here in Australia many people call her “Susan, the […]
Posted in Dive Shows, Dive Travel, U/W Photography, Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2011
Join the “Australasia Challenge” – at the 5th Underwater Festival 2011 Over A$ 100 000 worth of prizes to be won! What: Go diving and take pictures When: 2-11 Sep 2011 Where: Anywhere in over 20 Australasian countries or at one of the designated “fringe” events The Underwater Festival 2011 will be the biggest one […]
Posted in - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel, Trip Report on Apr 7th, 2011
We just checked into our room. It’s 4 pm (2nd April ’11) and we rush back out again to the beach. Finally we have arrived. We dip our feet in the balmy turquoise waters surrounding Heron Island. Before we can get our bearings, 5 tiny little creatures hobble through the sand towards me. Their […]
Posted in - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel, Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2011
Join dive legend Valerie Taylor on an exciting trip combining the best of Raja Ampat and the Banda Sea from 15-27 April this year. Valerie and her husband, Ron Taylor pioneered underwater photography and filmmaking in Australia and around the world. Film and TV credits include Shark Hunters, Blue Wilderness, Blue Water, White Death, The […]
Posted in - Dive Resorts, - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Shows, Dive Travel, U/W Photography on Feb 14th, 2011
Join the “Australasia Challenge” – at the 5th Underwater Festival 2011 Over 100.000,00 AUD worth of prizes to be won! What: Go diving and take pictures When: 2-11 Sep 2011 Where: Anywhere in over 20 Australasian countries or at one of the designated “fringe” events The Underwater Festival 2011 will be the biggest one yet. […]
Posted in Dive Travel, Marine conservation on Jan 25th, 2011
There are many rumours floating on the state of the diving in Thailand. We received this update from our partners MERMAID in Thailand There was a coral bleaching that hit Malaysia and Thailand in May/June 2010. It did not go as far as Burma nor the Andaman Islands India. Shallow water hard corals down to […]
Posted in Dive Travel, Marine conservation on Jan 2nd, 2011
DiVo (short for Dive Voluntourism) is an Australian-based non-profit network whose aim is to bring active marine conservation participation to the recreational scuba diving market. DiVo identify marine conservation groups whose activities are suited to the . Divo identfies conservation programmes where recreational dive tourist can participate. This way, more recreational divers get introduced to marine conservation and […]
Posted in # Fly&Dive Packages, - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel, Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2010
You maybe excused if Tingwon is not part of your standard Geography. You can find the real answer by joining this trip organised by Lissenung Island Resort in Papua New Guinea. – or you can cheat and scroll to the bottom 9-day/8-night Exploratory Trip, Tingwon Island, 21-29 May 2011 During this 9-day trip, we will […]
Posted in - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel on Jul 14th, 2010
The best of both! We are now taking bookings for 2011 groups and individuals for the new Carpe Vita Explorer. This luxurious vessel is scheduled to begin service in February 2011. The Carpe Vita Explorer is a 125 foot safari yacht and will carry 20-passengers in 10 air-conditioned hotel-style staterooms. We are offering 10 night […]
Posted in Dive Travel on May 13th, 2010
We can’t tell you exactly what is going on just yet, but the Diversion Dive Travel team have got some very big news coming up in just 20 days. In fact it is so big, we are absolutely positive you will want to tell everyone you dive with about it. How will it affect you? […]
