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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Congratulations to Fiji
Nothing to do with diving, but after a really exciting final, Fiji beat South Africa 26-24 in the Hong Kong Sevens. The South Africans had a chance to force the match into extra time after a late try in the … Continue reading
Earth Hour
Tomorrow (Saturday 28th March 2009) is Earth Hour, and WWF have sent round a reminder to encourage people to turn their lights off for one hour at 8:30pm. Here’s the gist of their message: Last call: Tomorrow is Earth Hour!! … Continue reading
Wilson Trail stages 8, 9, 10
24 Jan: A bit late to post this but in January, a week after the extensive hill fires in Pat Sin Leng, Rita and I set off to hike the final 3 stages of the Wilson Trail, which go up … Continue reading
Infra red camera promises better count of Antarctic Minke whales
More on whales, this time Minke whales. Australian have used an infra red camera to find whales that have dived under the surface of Antarctic waters. The camera is mounted on an aircraft flying over the pack ice and is … Continue reading
Hong Kong Humpback Update
According to the Standard this morning, the Hong Kong Humpback has moved slowly from the Lamma channel to Po Toi (perhaps lured by the excellent seafood restaurant that we were at 10 days ago). According to the article, experts now … Continue reading
Hong Kong Humpback
The 10 metre humpback whale that was spotted in the East Lamma Channel was yesterday off Cape d’Aguilar. Dr Hung, director of the Hong Kong Cetacean Research Project, believes it is swimming normally and is hopeful that left to its … Continue reading
Humpback whale seen in Hong Kong
On Monday a humbpack whale was spotted in the East Lamma Channel by Marine Police, who alerted the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. This is the first record of such a creature in Hong Kong waters. It is possible that … Continue reading
Christmas Island body from HMAS Sydney
The ongoing inquiry into the 1941 sinking of HMAS Sydney has concluded that a body which was washed up on Christmas Island in February 1942 came from the ship. It had drifted in a life raft called a Carley float … Continue reading
HMAS Sydney crew not shot in life raft
Evidence from an inquiry into the sinking of HMAS Sydney in November 1941 contradicts a theory that crewmen were machine gunned in their life raft by men the German ship Kormoran. All 645 men from the Sydney were lost. The … Continue reading
Dracula fish has fangs of bone
Scientists have discovered a rather bizarre fish in a Burmese stream. It has bony fangs which have earned it the nickname of the Dracula Fish. Researchers suspect that it lost its teeth, but then evolved bony fangs, which the males … Continue reading
“Coral lab” allowing scientists to test effects of acidity
The BBC is reporting on some experiments being run at a “coral lab” at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science at Eilat in Israel. They are cultivating corals in the Red Sea and then taking them to the institute to … Continue reading
Northland diving victim named
The New Zealand Herald are reporting that the man who died while diving near Moturoa island was Keith Weeds from Kerikeri. He was apparently diving with a companion when he disappeared and was later found dead on the seabed. His … Continue reading