Surfing & Diving : Article
Western Australia
Catch my drift
Fleur Bainger cruises 12 hours west of Broome to one of the world's most pristine marine parks.
New Zealand
Surf's up in ski town
Craig Tansley climbs on board a helicopter for Queenstown's new attraction - to surf the west coast and ski powder snow in the mountains all in one day.
Victoria
Fragments of the recent past loom out of bay's shallow waters
Darren Gray Despite being shallow, Port Phillip Bay is home to an estimated 170-180 shipwrecks.
South Africa
Pursuit of the perfect wave
Sam Vincent experiences legendary surf breaks and epic bungee-jumping in South Africa's Eastern Cape.
Fiji
Teenage castaway
Nicola Walker and her extended family, including a reluctant nephew, find a week's holiday in Fiji is barely enough.
Queensland
Going gaga for the lady
Keith Austin falls hard for Queensland's Lady Musgrave Island and its nearby towns of Agnes Water and 1770.
Singapore
Singapore ... for diving - no, really!
Andrew Taylor Pulau Hantu is not quite the tropical idyll one expects in south-east Asia.
NSW
Fins without the finale
Ben Stubbs gets close to diverse marine life in Shellharbour, including a denizen of the deep.
Islands
Lost horizons
It’s a seemingly idyllic paradise where the living is so laid-back it creates a dreamlike reality all its own.
Palau
Adventures in blue
Lee Atkinson faces her underwater fears swimming with sharks and jellyfish in Palau, one of the world's most beautiful underwater destinations.
Tasmania
Southern breaks
Armed with surfboard and wetsuit, Sam Vincent surveys the island state’s perfect waves.
Indonesia
'Last paradise on earth' on our doorstep, under threat
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?
Queensland
A string of jewels
Cameron Wilson dives at key sites in a thriving world of giant clams, soft and hard coral, fish and sharks.
Hawaii
Big-pipe dreaming
Lance Richardson rides high on Oahu's North Shore, where the attitude is 'a little bit country' and the surf is legendary.
NSW
Futures and good fortune
At a Byron Bay retreat, Robert Upe contemplates his prospects from yoga mat, tarot cards and surfboard.
Iceland
The coolest waves
A new frontier for keen surfers is the land of fire and ice-cream headaches, writes Sam Vincent
Indonesia
Who's who at Lakey Peak
Among hardcore extremists and surfer dads, Malcolm Knox charts the breaks and the cliques on Sumbawa.
Queensland
Overcoming fear to discover a new world
Courtney Trenwith overcomes her phobia of the ocean depths to embrace a new, watery world.
Mexico
Detour at Yucatan
Lance Richardson discovers diving caves and a beach cabana beyond the bristling high-rise of Cancun.
