Yongala News Archive

by Captain Trevor Jackson When I was a kid … quite by accident, I discovered snorkelling. I lived in a little fishing village where, if…

by Captain Trevor Jackson A few years ago I was standing at a lectern in a hotel convention room. Mike Ball was beside me and…

Captain Trevor Jackson “Everything has changed. There’s no way of knowing yet if things will ever be the same as they were before, but that’s…

Captain Trevor Jackson We are the last boat standing. By virtue of our schedule, we are still at sea, anchored 50 miles off the coast.…

Captain Trevor Jackson A year or two back my brother and I were cleaning out our dear old mum’s house… I happened to glance down…

Spectacular Turtles! Captain Trevor Jackson I’ve been at sea for 38 years. There’s not a whole lot out here that can make me ‘just shut…

The Ocean Calendar Captain Trevor Jackson “What are the tides Daddy”? It’s an easy enough question to answer to an adult… but when your three-year-old…

In a remarkable achievement, Mike Ball Dive Expeditions is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Written by Renee Cluff – Tropic Magazine 1969. It was the year…

We Deliver Captain Trevor Jackson We were moving almost indiscernibly… three white buoys appeared in the loom of the front flood lights, our day was…

By Julia Sumerling Sweetlips schooling on the Ribbon Reefs Stretching 1,400 miles (2,300 kilometers) along Australia’s northeast coastline—the same distance from New York City to Miami—the…