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Banda Island and the Banda Sea marine gardens
The Banda volcano (Gunung Api or Fire Mountain) is a perfectly conical mountain that rises 656 meters above sea level, and is about 3 kilometres wide. The nutmeg island of Banda has been a key location in the spice trade … Continue reading
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Alfred Russel Wallace’s publication of ‘The Malay Archipelago’
This week we celebrate the 150 year anniversary of the publication of Alfred Russel Wallace’s book, The Malay Archipelago. This wonderful book is an account of the eight years he spent in British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies collecting … Continue reading
Swimming with Whale Sharks in Papua
The map below shows our October 2018 voyage with Coral Expeditions from Biak to Darwin. There is no doubt that the highlight of the voyage was swimming with whale sharks in Cenderawasih Bay in Papua. The whale shark is … Continue reading
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Ian Burnet talking at ‘Better Read than Dead’
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Where Australia Collides with Asia – the latest book review
Ian Burnet, with his thirty years’ personal experience in the culture and history of the area, gives competent, intelligent and entertaining accounts of the voyages of the three main protagonists whose discoveries transformed our understanding of the processes of evolution … Continue reading
‘Friends in Australia’ – a message from Sutan Sjahir, the Prime Minister of the newly declared Republic of Indonesia, November 1945.
On 17 August 1945 and two days after the Japanese surrender, Soekarno and Hatta unilaterally declared Indonesia’s Independence and became the first President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia. Brothers and Sisters All! I have asked you … Continue reading
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The Dukono Volcano on Halmahera
When our Coral Expeditions cruise arrived in the town of Tobelo on the northwestern arm of the island of Halmahera in October 2018, the Dukono volcano was erupting ash. This should not have been a surprise since research shows that … Continue reading
