A friend of mine has just released his new book Timmy Turtle’s Dangerous Day. Having received a copy, I gave it to a friend who has been reading it to her daughter ager 3.5. Apparently Lexi loves it and has…
In part 1 we looked at Plastic Bags. We went through the numbers and quantified how much 1 million and 1 billion is in reality. Let’s revisit that before we move onto Plastic Water Bottles. To count straight through from…
The ocean is our playground. We sail on it, we swim in it, we fish from it and without it we don’t have 60-80% of the world’s oxygen……..So why do we abuse it? The reason we abuse it is because…
In a recent article I referenced a study saying that Bisphenol A (BPA) can cause Autism but it stretches so much furhter than that. Another study in the USA has now shown that this same toxin can cause Breast Cancer. …
The sight of dolphins in the wild is something a lot of people pay good money to see but when I saw a dolphin in the bushland over the weekend, well let’s say I didn’t expect it but what a…
As sailors, the ocean is our playground, and for some, it is our office. Every day we go out on the water we make an impact on our ocean, yet so many people are unaware of that very impact. So…
Until recently, all reports into the Gladstone Harbor issues that are seeing countless marine animals dying and suffering from illness, have been conducted by the people causing the issue or the people approving the work, i.e the Queensland Government. So…
I’ve touched on it many times before about the threats facing the Great Barrier Reef. Well UNESCO, a United Nations Environmental Council, is currently visiting our shores as they fear the governments short term financial gain from fossil fuels is…
Did you know sharks could cuddle? Madi Stewart takes us into her amazing underwater world and invites us to help stop the unthinkably barbaric practice of shark-finning that takes place legally at the Great Barrier Reef. 60-80% of the oxygen we…