Shark-chasing

Scuba Pro: Finding Nemo & friends on the Great Barrier Reef

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March 20th 2009
So I'm kneeling down on the ocean bed 10 metres deep in the bath-like warm water of the northern, outer Great Barrier Reef, nervously breathing through a regulator and air tank, as Scuba Steve points out a stingray that casually swims by and holds a board up to the group that reads 'welcome to the underwater world!' This was the group's first dive and the previous two days had been spent in a Pro- ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Great Barrier Reef

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more