420 Dive Log Australasia OCTOBER 2026

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OCTOBER 2026

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N o. 420 NEXT ISSUE DEADLINE : Issue 421 Dec 2026 Advert bookings 12th Nov Artwork due 12th Nov Editorial material : 9th Nov

013 Diving related Fatalities by Dr John Lippmann. 015 YAP Beyond the kingdom of Mantas by David Fleetham 032 Wonderful WAKATOBI by Mike Scotland 032 . MANY USES of U/W PHOTOGRAPHY by Mike Scotland 046 U/W photography on a Single Breath by Vadim Belakhov 058 NAUTILUS SCUBA CLUB CAIRNS U/W PHOTO COMP 066 NUDINOTES DEFENCES by DAVID MULLINS. 070 A MARINE NATURALIST goes to Lembeh PART 2 082 SNORKEL QUEEN. by Melissa Senatoa 086 DIVE HEART AWARD HJ SYED ABD RAHMAN 088 RETURN TO RAJAH AMPAT by NIGEL MARSH 101 TASMANIAN PHOTO COMP Feature articles

EDITOR Mike Scotland mike@divelog.net.au Editor/Designer Mike Scotland divelog@divelog.net.au PUBLISHER mike@divelog.net.au ADVERTISING mike@divelog.net.au MENTOR Barry Andrewartha barryandrewartha@outlook.com

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96 Steve Sinclair 50 Great Dive challenge 100 Kevin Deacon’s PHOTO FEATURE 101 Tasmanian Photo Competition 106 Parting Shot 108 Dive Boat Directory- 109 Your Shot 111 Paul Watson Icelandic Whale Wars

07 -Mike Ball Expeditions 10 Aust Diving Safety Foundation 12 PNG Resort Listings 66 NudiNotes Behaviour David Mullins 73 DAN News Middle Ear Trauma 69 Counter Strike Heroes and Villians 94 Noel Monkman by Des Williams 98 In Deep Column- Simon Pridmore

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