Lord Howe Island Dive Week is a scuba diving holiday package combining the best tropical and sub-tropical diving in NSW with luxury accommodation, dining and world-class activities at a World Heritage site listed for global natural significance.
When is a Marine Park not a Marine Sanctuary? When fishing is allowed in it! 20 of our 30 Marine Sanctuaries enjoy full protection, but 10 are still open to fishing – hardly a Marine Sanctuary!
Confused by what’s happening to the NSW Marine Park? Re-zoning of sanctuaries and amnesties on not being able to fish? Me too. Not surprisingly though – there does seem to be a concerted effort to bamboozle the public on this one
Louise Southerden attended last night’s ‘Shark Meeting’ at Lennox Head and was disappointed to find an overwhelming support for shark culling.
Would you like to get up close and personal with some NSW locals? There’s nothing better than meeting sharks in their local natural habitats and in NSW, nothing safer.
Our local shark is the grey nurse (Carcharius taurus) which grows to about 3 metres and though it looks fierce there are no reported incidents of grey nurse sharks harming divers – or humans for that matter.
Hurrah for common sense and politicians who listen to scientific facts instead of polls and media headlines: It’s a small win for sharks.