photos courtesy www.westernaustralia.com Here's a news release I received from the tourism board of Western Australia which includes the areas of Perth and Fremantle www.tourism.wa.gov.au/Pages/welcome_to_tourism_western_australia.aspx. Most travelers to the land down under opt for Sydney, the great barrier reef, and Melborne, but the south west coast comes alive with the Australia of years past, where folks on the street still greet you with 'hey mate.' Read on for more details: A place of stunning proportions and dramatic contrasts with unparalleled natural beauty and an...
World's top snorkeling spots
MSNBC
MSNBC
When Joel Simon was a kid, he and his brother began snorkeling around the pilings in murky Alamitos Bay near Long Beach, Calif. "It was one of the most intriguing places I'd ever been," he says rapturously, nearly 50...
Lobster miniseason haul tough to call
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
Absenteeism is expected to spike at workplaces throughout Florida, as the 2010 edition of the two-day lobster miniseason gets under way later this week. From 12:01 a.m. Wednesday through midnight Thursday, thousands of...
Diver finds $7,000 needle in a liquid haystack
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
Just a month after her boyfriend slipped it on her finger, Sara Stocco's shining engagement ring went from hand, to mouth, to the bottom of Lake Minnetonka in a matter of moments. Boating with her fiancé, Adam...
Woman Nearly Drowns During Early Beach Swim
MSNBC
MSNBC
A woman nearly drowned Tuesday morning in Hallandale Beach after she and her friend went for an early morning swim and had to be rescued. Hallandale Beach Fire Rescue responded to the unprotected beach on the 1900 block...
Looking to the seas as our economic lifeline
The Star
The Star
I wonder how many of us know that approximately 70% of Malaysians live along coastal areas. In fact, 99% of Malaysians live within 100km of the sea! The people of Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak, namely the...
Christmas Island: Shell out for a trip to crab central
NZ Herald
NZ Herald
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The water is fine and swarming with sharks
The State
The State
CHARLESTON - Don't look now, but they're out there. Sharks. A lot of them. They're sneaking up behind scrimping nets in swarms, biting head-sized holes in the nets to chomp away on the free lunch of shining, silvery...
THE BEAT OF BORACAY
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
Don't try to hoof it to the newly relocated Jungle Bar, at least not from Boracay's main strip, White Beach, where it used to be a mainstay -- you'll never find it. Instead, hail a motorized rickshaw to Bulabog Beach,...
TV Review: Dive
The Guardian
The Guardian
Dive is a sad, touching and funny coming-of-age drama. I'm giving it a score of 9.5 ‘Beautiful, awkward, private, angry’... Aisling Loftus in Dive. Photograph: BBC/Granada Productions/Granada Productions...
Seven hundred seventy-seven dead or injured oil-impacted turtles and 67 dolphins found to date
The Examiner
The Examiner
In the Philippines, the Next Phuket?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
DON'T try to hoof it to the newly relocated Jungle Bar, at least not from Boracay's main strip, White Beach, where it used to be a mainstay -- you'll never find it. Instead, hail a motorized rickshaw to Bulabog Beach,...
Loons of northern New Hampshire
The Examiner
The Examiner
A Common Loon displaying at Little Diamond Pond. Linda Sylvester If you like this ... Snowy owl makes appearance at birdwatching event Horned Larks Highlight Salisbury Beach Birding Event Birdwatching locations in New...


