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... more...

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 more...

Shipwrecks, sinkholes, seals, sharks, sea dragons and "sneaky sex" - superb! Marie Davis goes on tour in South Australia more...

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 more...

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 more...

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 more...

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 more...

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 more...

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 more...

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 more...

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 more...

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! more...

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 more...

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 more...

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 more...

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 more...

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. more...

Australia's Christmas Island is a remote diving destination rich in marine life, writes Evelyn Seeger. more...