Latest News from Tony Karacsonyi

Sea Slugs: Hidden Talents

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:00:00 EDT

Some sea slugs run on solar power, others cast off their body parts, and still others steal firearms from other animals, reusing them. They can even produce sulphuric acid! Marine scientists are discovering that some sea slugs use solar power, breaking all the rules of the animal world as they?re switching from being an animal to a plant, soaking up sunlight to produce a sugary snack.

Amazon: Journey to Exotica

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:00:00 EDT

The Amazon River and its many tributaries, like the Napo River and Pastaza River, flow through one of the globe's last wilderness areas. In the canopy, a sky garden of exotic bromeliads and plants thrive.

Whale Watching In Australia

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:15:00 EDT

There's romance in the old whaling days, and one cannot help but to be fascinated by the stories of this bygone era ~ The men who paddled out in small boats armed with hand held harpoons to do battle with the great whales. Many drowned and even the more modern whaling operations in the early to mid 1900's had a high level of danger. Books such as R.B. Robertson's ~ ?Of Whales and Men? make for compelling reading. Times have though changed.

The Galapagos 'Islands of Fire'

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:45:00 EDT

Born of Fire, the Galapagos Islands are tips of submarine volcanoes, a place where evolution can be observed In-Situ. Hundreds of miles from mainland Ecuador, animals and plants set adrift have somehow found and colonised the desert islands. Floating rafts of vegetation, wind, air currents and oceanic drift all helped this colonisation.

Madang's Magical Isles

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:00:00 EDT

Rolling into the big blue, near Krangket Island, we drift down the steep coral walls. There are fish everywhere: fusiliers, barracuda and big-eye trevally. A school of sweetlips line the sandy bottom, all facing the same direction. I hug the bottom to catch this magical shot. We glide along with the incoming current. Huge barrel sponges loom from the 30 metre depths, as do impressive sea fans and green coral trees. The marine life is just so rich!

Spellbound By 'The Islands Of Love': The Trobriand's

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:00:00 EDT

Seldom visited by scuba divers, are the remote D'Entrecasteaux Islands and Trobriand Islands, off the North-East tip of Papua New Guinea. These islands and the Melanesian people who live there are wild!

Jervis Bay

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:00:00 EDT

Jervis Bay, approximately 250 kilometres south of Sydney, abounds in sub-tropical marine life, especially in spring and summer, when warm east coast currents push down Australia?s east coast. A mecca for divers largely from Sydney and Canberra, Jervis Bay has seen underwater film crews from France, England and Japan. They come to film it's unique marine life – bottom dwelling sharks, weedy sea dragons and the Giant Australian Cuttlefish – one of the world?s giant cephalopods. Tony Karacsonyi brings us this report on diving this unique oceanic bay, one of Australia?s newest marine parks.

Threshers Before Breakfast

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 13:00:00 EST

The long whip-like tail, large eye, silver sheen on its side, and the ease with which it glides through the water little well prepare you for your first thresher shark sighting.

Oceanic Cave Crave Yacht Charter

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:00:00 EST

Swimming into a small entrance tunnel at a depth of 26 meters, you ener one of the biggest oceanic limestone caves in the South Pacific Ocean. Fifty meters long, it's also 20 meters wide and 20 meters high. The cave is teeming with flashlight fishes, reef sharks and a two meter grouper.

Godzilla Diving in Borneo's Sipadan Island, An Ideal Yacht Charter

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:30:00 EST

When Jacques Yves Cousteau first visited Sipadan Island off Borneo, in the seventies, aboard the legendary Calypso, he was so impressed with its marine life, that he and his team of divers stayed on for six months to record its spectacular marine creatures.

Hammerheads & Silvertips Yacht Charter in New Ireland

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:00:00 EST

It was just another day's diving in paradise for Dietmar Amon of Lissenung Island, except today he had a diver named Gadi, who wanted to see big sharks. 'I'll take you to see the silvertips at Silvertip Reef' said Dietmar.