My affection with photography and writing began with a guidebook covering the dive sites of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, titled Easy diving in Sydney's East.

I was a regular contributor and columnist for Sportdiving Magazine for over eight years. My other publication credits reach far and wide with magazines in the United Kingdom, Singapore and New Zealand all having had numerous stories published about marine life and diving in Australia.

My underwater photography has been exhibited at Customs House and the Australian Museum in Sydney and one of my underwater images that reached the semi-final stages of the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the year awards in the year 2000 has been adopted as the mascot for the Australian Museum's Ichthyology homepages.

See the list of magzines to the right in which my work appeared many times over. Soon, selected articles will be available for download as pdf files.

Books, magazines and organizations who have used my images:

1001 Nudibranchs by Neville Coleman

Animal Parents by Clive Roots

Invertebrates of the world by Rudie H. Kuiter

Nature Australia Magazine (Issue 3, 2001) of the Australian Museum (portfolio in the Photo Art section)

Macmillan Education - two publications

Oberon Council - The Tablelands Way sign depicting fauna diversity in the Lithgow/Mudgee regions

ZOOs South Australia - Native Animal Sanctuary signage

Birdlife Australia (formerly Birds Australia) - numerous brochures, web use for Birds in backyards

BOCA - Bird Observation & Conservation Australia

WIRES - Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Services - calendars, postcards, books etc.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENTS

1997 - South West Rocks Photography Competition (5th place)

2000 - BBC Wildlife Photographer of the year - semi-finalist in underwater section

2003 - Oceans Underwater Festival (1st in the photo-journalism category).

In this same competition, my friend George Evatt's DVD BENEATH SOUTHERN SEAS was awarded 1st place in the Underwater Festival Professional Film Maker category. I was honored and humbled to be asked by George to work on the DVD in many capacities, including: script editor, underwater photographer, safety and support diver, underwater guide and finder of many of the wonderful subjects portrayed in the documedocumentary.

2011 - Penrith City Council - Water in Penrith photographic competition (Winner of OPEN section)

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