Scuba Diving for the first time in my late 40s – from a desert chick from the Centre of Australia.
Dr Deb Mitchell TMA member in Alice Springs I am wearing close to 40kg of extra weight with all the gear for my first dive (needless to say I am not keen to reveal my baseline weight but let’s just say it’s a lot!!) and as a group we are walking from the car park […]
Diving Safety Tips
Dr Kelvin Balakrishnan – Ballajura Palau is an archipelago of about 200 islands in Micronesia, east of the Philippines, with a population of about 20, 000. Although there are many things to see and do in Palau, it is known for its scuba diving. (It was reported as one of Jacques Cousteau’s favourite dive sites in […]
Decompression Sickness ( The ‘ Bends ‘ )
Prepared by TMA Member Boronia Decompression Sickness (DCS) is also known as Acute Decompression Illness (ADI) or, more colloquially, as the ‘bends’ (because the pain involved can bend a person). DCS in the setting of scuba diving or deep-sea diving, refers to an illness caused by an overly rapid ascent to the water’s surface. During […]