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News round-up
Reef conservation gets boost from McLaren Racing and L’Oréal, Aggressor Adventures’ Samantha Whitcraft inducted into WDHOF, award for Victor Vescovo and Patrick Lahey, and a ‘visiting scientist programme in Fiji.
DAN Medical Q&A
The Divers Alert Network team discuss low platelets, and melanoma and immunatherapy.
Australia
Libby Sterling heads out of Cairns on a dayboat expedition to the Great Barrier Reef to explore the underwater delights of Milln Reef.
Fiji
Tom St George ventures into the coral-rich Bligh Water with the dive team from Volivoli Dive Resort.
Papua New Guinea
Don Silcock continues his guide to the diving on offer in Papua New Guinea, this time turning his attention to the often-overlooked Fathers Reefs.
Mustard’s Masterclass
Alex focuses on that diver favourite – the turtle.
Diving With… Matty Smith
PT Hirschfield talks with internationally acclaimed underwater photographer Matty Smith, aka ‘King of the Splits’.
Conservation Corner
The story behind Wakatobi’s visionary and innovative solution to protecting a special corner of Indonesia.
Divers Alert Network
The importance of pre-dive safety checks.
TECH: Italy
Don Silcock found himself on a steep learning curve when he was introduced to the ‘Italian way’ of deep diving in the Mediterranean.
Thresher sharks
John Magee goes in search of the elusive thresher shark.
Australia
Nigel Marsh and Helen Rose discuss ‘rock hopping’ – or shore diving – and the fantastic opportunities that await off the Woongarra Coast off Bundaberg.
What’s New
The Scuba Diver team looks at new products coming to market, including the Shearwater Research Tern and Tern TX dive computers, Sea Dragon 3000F Colour Boost Photo- Video Light, and the Mares Chroma UP mask.
Test Extra
Scuba Diver Editorial Director Mark Evans rates and reviews the Avatar 102 Airon drysuit, which he reckons belies its price tag in terms of quality, performance and looks.
