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Surfing & Diving in Southeast Asia

Indonesia

'Last paradise on earth' on our doorstep, under threat

Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia.

Huts on stilts perch above the coral of the turquoise lagoon, hammocks awaiting a lazy siesta and sunset cocktails. The Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat is a living Eden. But for how long?

Indonesia

Who's who at Lakey Peak

Surfing Indonesia

Among hardcore extremists and surfer dads, Malcolm Knox charts the breaks and the cliques on Sumbawa.

Singapore

Singapore ... for diving - no, really!

Diving at Palau Hantu, Singapore.

Andrew Taylor Pulau Hantu is not quite the tropical idyll one expects in south-east Asia.

Indonesia

Swell frontier

Indies Trader IV.

On a surfing safari in the remote province of West Papua, Michael Gordon joins villagers on uncharted breaks.

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'The last paradise on earth'

Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia.

Raja Ampat, a remote pearl of Asia between the Pacific and Indian oceans in eastern Indonesia’s Papua province has remained a closely guarded secret and one of the last frontiers of tourism, known...

Divers set new world record

Indonesian divers.

A Guiness World Record was set when 2486 divers participated in a mass simultaneous dive off the coast of North Sulawesi in Indonesia.

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Turkey's $20 billion tourism industry under threat

An anti-government demonstrator chants slogans on Istikal street in the centre of Istanbul.

THOMAS O'BRIEN 1:09pm | As the northern summer tourism season is set to begin, the violent protests in Turkey show no sign of calming down.

Virgin flight declares emergency after fog diversion

JESSICA WRIGHT 12:25pm | A passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing in regional Victoria.

Budget blues: airline refuses passengers food, water and blankets on long-haul flight

11:04am | Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe's third-largest budget airline, apologised Monday for refusing passengers food, water and even blankets on its recently launched long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok.

West Aussies set sights on Lombok

ALEISHA ORR 17 Jun | Western Australia's love affair with Indonesia is continuing with Jetstar announcing that it will begin flying from Perth direct to Lombok four times a week starting in September.

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