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 [...]
Vlassoff Cay Shark Lesson
The opportunity of a lifetime came my way. A chance to fly by helicopter to a remote coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef with award winning photographer and shark expert, Richard Fitzpatrick. A coral cay is a small sandy island which forms on the reef. Some are large enough to support inhabitants but many [...]
One Man’s Story from Shark Finning to Shark Conservation
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 [...]
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