Bit of a race on to get to Fiji now. IKI is stored and packed for next season. Some urgent parts we needed from America got lost after three weeks of a seven day delivery, so we gave up waiting. After a few scares with the Magnetometer not preforming (Box was dropped in transit and […]
It was a quick week up to Nomuka IKI and in the short time we were there, we caught up with friends, dived one of the wrecks, attended a HUGE Traditional Tongan Feast for 350 people in celebration of the opening of a new church, (with six pigs on our table for 30 people) sorted […]
After 10 weeks away, the Mag is back from its $14,000 Holiday.! When we sent it out we was disappointed that we would not have it for probably two weeks!! How wrong we were. It is now packed in a huge crate with shock indicators on the box to tell if it has been miss-handled..HMMM?. […]
Big surprise last week in Sydney. I was booked nearly a year ago to give a dinner presentation for the Sydney Institute of Marine Science ( www.sims.org.au ) at their annual gala fundraising event. Just days before I learnt that I was to receive their most prestigious “EMERALD” Award in honour of my “Lifelong maritime […]
It is a healthy thing to question yourself and look deep inside before deciding on a major life event, or new activity. It may involve money, family, or a new direction in life and no one wants to get any of those wrong. Often we talk with friends and soul mates about the options, but […]