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 <title><![CDATA[Gobsmacked by the mackerels ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Australia boasts a number of world-class dive locations and another can now be added to that list, says NIGEL MARSH – the incredible Mackerel Islands]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wall to wall sharks at Fish Rock]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Located off Australia's east coast is a small rocky outcrop called Fish Rock. Nigel Marsh knows it well, but for 20 years it was a source of frustration for him. Then things changed... ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[S is for south Australia]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Shipwrecks, sinkholes, seals, sharks, sea dragons and "sneaky sex" - superb! Marie Davis goes on tour in South Australia]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Join the jetty set ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It's the longest wooden pier in the southern hemisphere and marine life adores it. Jane Wilkinson explores the enchanted underwater world of Australia's Busselton Jetty ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Rare glimpse of a vanishing world]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[PAUL WALDEN joins JUSTIN GILLIGAN and a man with an enormous film camera to document one of the last remaining bastions of true wilderness - Raine Island and the Great Detached Reefs of Northern Australia ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The great white debait]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[OK, we've watched Celebrity Shark Bait on TV and, gasps of amazement, the celebs didn't get eaten and want to do it again! But is cage-diving responsible for an increase in deaths among other water-users, as some allege, or is that metal box the best friend a great white shark could have? Monty Halls has his own views. Photos by Jeff Rotman ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Beyond Skull Cave]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[There are two types of divers in Tasmania - smart ones, and those who don't use a drysuit. Our down-under correspondent Marie Davies fell into the latter category on a recent first visit but that wouldn't stop her exploring one of the world's last accessible underwater wildernesses]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Science Can Be Fun]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Jurgen Freund and his wife Stella travelled down under to search for dwarf minke whales on the Great Barrier Reef aboard the scientific liveaboard Undersea Explorer. Then they went looking for sharks and nautiluses on the same vessel - and had such a good time, they decided to stay in Oz for good! ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Dragon Quest]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[She knew nothing about seadragons, whether leafy or weedy, but Patricia Danna was easily persuaded to go in search of elusive egg-bearing males in Australia, with photographer Fred Bavendam]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[No Gain Without Pain]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Virulent bugs, nightmare journeys and engine-room penetrations gone wrong - Monty Halls' expedition team had their black moments, but would diving 10 of the world's most legendary wrecks make up for everything? Part Two of the Ultimate Wrecks tour takes us from Vanuatu to Grenada]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[That Elusive Pimpernel (Shhhh!)]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[They seek it here, they seek it there, they seek that Pimpernel everywhere - a pinnacle of pure diving pleasure is how Marie Davies describes this fabled shark magnet, a site many Australians would prefer kept secret ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Still a great barrier reef]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[If you can wangle a trip to Australia, follow John Bantin to Cairns in Queensland and embark to dip into the world's biggest coral reef system ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Big Outdoors]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[If you go to New Zealand, you must dive certain famous sites or risk wasting a very long haul. John Liddiard made the most of his chance to do a diving tour of Kiwi country]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Shark Bait]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[There are sharks, and then there are mako sharks. Marcus Fillinger describes in words and pictures an encounter in New Zealand that left him shaken yet stirred]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Knights &amp; Daze]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Encounters in spectacular surroundings with everything from blue maomao to golden rays and bull sharks await the 14 members of the Diver Full Circle team. Their mission is to explore the world's top 10 diving destinations and they're on the last four " but will the dolphins play ball for a perfect finale? Expedition leader Monty Halls reports]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[TRIUMPH OF THE SPECIES]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Diver Full Circle Expedition moves on from Africa to Micronesia and Australia, with leader Monty Halls reporting on more first-class diving for ourglobetrotting dive team]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Mighty Mouths]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Whale sharks are good business at Ningaloo Reef, but are divers harassing these gentle giants or helping to save them from extinction? Darryl Leniuk reports from western Australia ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Perils of Oz]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[If the red-back spiders under loo seats don't get you, the blue-ringed octopus will... People delight in spreading shock-horror stories about Aussie wildlife, and often it works. Marie Davies has been instructing prospective divers downunder and finds that many are terrified of being eaten by sharks - or worse. She sets out to put their fears in perspective ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[There's only one great barrier reef  ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It's a long way to go, but with interesting experiences guaranteed, Oz remains on many divers' holiday wish-list. Marie Davies reports from that famous reef ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Other Chrismas Island]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Australia's Christmas Island is a remote diving destination rich in marine life, writes Evelyn Seeger. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Everything You Always Wanted to Know about New Zealand]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Gavin Anderson recaps his diving tour of a country with 35,000 miles of coastline.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Weird &amp; the Wonderful]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You might see weedy sea dragons, they told him, but you'll be lucky to see Red Indian fish, Port Jackson sharks or giant cuttlefish - not at this time of year. But, as Gavin Anderson found, anything's possible in Australia's magical Jervis Bay.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Sydney's Silent Suburbs]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[How many harbours play host to everything from seahorses and frogfish to whales and dolphins? The most exotic wonders of the underwater world are just a jump and a swim away for Sydneysiders, says Paul Adams - only most of them don't know it ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[G'day Sports!]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[For this down-under double-header, John Bantin headed for the Great Barrier Reef to sample two Mike Ball liveaboard trips, and what turned out to be a distinctive blend of safety-first and machismo]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[SYDNEY'S SILENT SUBURB]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[How many harbours play host to everything from seahorses and frogfish to whales and dolphins? The most exotic wonders of the underwater world are just a jump and a swim away for Sydneysiders, says Paul Adams - only most of them don't know it ]]></description>
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