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I have the SeaFrogs housing for the TG-5 and apart from one thing, ma very happy with it. Since I purchased it about 4 years ago, I have broken two of the springs that control the zoom function. When I broke the first one, I purchased a few spare springs and fixed it. However, now I cannot...

I have a Seaskin Ultra neoprene drysuit that I purchased over three years ago. Unfortunately, I have developed a very slight leak which I cannot discover the source. The leak is near the Apeks Power Inflator as my undergarments are wet from there. No matter how I try, I cannot figure out if it...

Interesting dive on Saturday morning at Lilli Pilli Baths in Port Hacking on the southern side of Sydney. As well as sea horses, an anglerfish, wobbegong shark and lots of species of fish, I found a container of bullets and then after a search, the corresponding .303 rifle. The barrel and stock...

I have a Palm O2 analyser. I have had it for about four years and use multiple times each week. About three months ago I had to replace the sensor with the new replacement one (different part number). It worked okay with the new sensor for the first month or so but then I did not dive for six...

Last night was 10 years since our dive buddy and friend of many years, Carol Martin, died while on a club dive I organised. A summary is that she suffered a second episode of IPE (Immersion Pulmonary Edema) and died despite all our efforts to revive her. On Saturday our dive club will have a...

Article from Sydney Morning Herald 17 December 2019: A human leg has washed up on a beach on the NSW North Coast, sparking a police investigation. About 2pm on Tuesday, three police vehicles converged on the spot where the leg was found, about a kilometre south of North Beach Life Saving Club at...

Dr Carl Wildfred Edmonds, OAM, MB, BS (Sydney), MRCP (London), FRACP, FACOM, DPM, MRCPhysch, FRANZCP, DipDHM has died in Sydney aged 83. Carl died last Friday 1 November 2019 "in his chair looking out to sea" at his home on the beach front at Manly. Carl was, of course, probably the best known...

It seems that a dive cylinder has exploded in a dive shop at Cronulla, Sydney. My information is that someone has been injured, but I have no more information at the moment. Hoping it is not too bad.

Below is a moasic montage made by a friend using photos taken with a GoPro. It is of the stern section of a Sydney shipwreck, SS Tuggerah. After taken about 650 photos, he used software to automatically put it all together. A very good representation of the wreck, which is at 47 metres (almost...

Another person attempting a deep dive record, Egyptian diver Wael Omar prepares for deepest dive of 400 meters. Why?

Famed diver, marine biologist and underwater explorer, Dr Eugenie Clark died yesterday. She was 92. Commonly known as "The Shark Lady", she spent over 70 years studying sharks and the marine environment and educating the public about the wonders of the underwater world. I once got to see her...

Today we were diving Bare Island, a very popular dive site inside Botany Bay in the metropolitan area of Sydney. It is probably Australia's most popular shore dive, with some days hundreds of divers here. Today there were at least 100 over the time I was there. Botany Bay is also a very popular...

Today, 22 October 2013, is the 10th anniversary of the death of Tina Watson (Tina Thomas) when diving the wreck of SS Yongala off Townsville, Queensland, Australia, with her husband Gabe Watson on their honeymoon. I feel for her mother and and father, Cindy and Tommy, as well as her sister who...

The new updated version of Honeymoon Dive about the death of Tina Watson is now available on Kindle. The new book is called Fatal Honeymoon Dive and is by Jennifer Cooke and Lindsay Simpson. It is available at Fatal Honeymoon Dive: Jennifer Cooke, Lindsay Simpson: Amazon.com: Kindle Store. I...

A few videos from our GoPro, taken in Sydney Australia over the past month or so by Kelly and I. M & K Reef 19 May 2012 - YouTube Middle Ground 20 May 2012 - YouTube Humpback Whales and dolphins Pizza Reef Sydney - YouTube

Dr Carl Edmonds, and I have moved the bible for dive medicine, Diving Medicine for Scuba Divers (formerly known as Diving and Sub Aquatic Medicine) to a new web site Diving Medicine for SCUBA Divers. You can download the whole book as a Adobe Acrobat file or just individual chapters. Dr...

DIVE Log Australasia, Australia's largest circulation dive publication is now on-line. At the same time, it is not available as a printed version. There is also an iPad app version and you can subscribe and I presume they will email you when the next month's edition is available. The link is...

As most divers would know, American diver Tina Watson died in 2003 when diving the SS Yongala in Queensland while on her honeymoon. In 2008 her husband, Gabe, was charged In Queensland with murder. He later pled guilty to manslaughter on the basis that he was negligent in his role as a buddy. He...