In the early days of the hit reality tv show “I’m a Celebrity…”, the so called “Bush Tucker Trials” were fairly entertaining. But, like all these shows, the producers have to keep the audience engaged and their solution to this has been to give the hapless celebrities more and more revolting things to do. This [...]
This is a lovely story about how Ken Thaiday turned from poacher to gamekeeper. I met Ken while I was in Queensland at Canopy Art Space, a gallery dedicated to exhibiting work by indigenous artists from Far North Queensland and Torres Strait Island. He told me how he was once a fisherman, catching sharks to sell [...]
I’m going to Queensland in a couple of weeks’ time (here’s a bit about that) so I’ve been researching news about the Great Barrier Reef and what’s topical. What I’ve found has shocked me. Just watch this video. If it moves you, please pass it on, please comment and please share. Jackie Hutchings is the [...]
I stumbled upon The Tankbangers earlier this year. A group of divers based in Sharm, they unexpectedly found themselves with time on their hands in the wake of the shark attacks in December 2010. So, they made a decision. They could have laid on the beach, drinking beer all day but they decided to do [...]
An interesting thing happened this week. For reasons that I won’t bore you with, I spent some time researching the RSPB (for my overseas readers, this is the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Now, I always thought that the RSPB campaigned exclusively in the UK. How wrong could I have been. In partnership [...]
Looking at our planet from outer space, the first signs of life are coral reefs. Once these incredible structures were seen simply as a hazard by those who explored the oceans. Now we know that, like the rainforests, they are vital to our survival . . . . . [Diving the World- Beth and Shaun [...]
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