The Wonderful West

Tammy Gibbs · Issue 70, Jan/Feb 2013 · pp. 51–56

Products mentioned: Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm lens, Tokina 10-17mm lens, Nikkor 105mm lens, Nikkor 60mm lens, Sea&Sea housing, Inon Z240 strobes

I live in Perth, Western Australia - famous for our white sandy beaches, amazing weather and climate, and fantastic lifestyle. Western Australia must have some of the most diverse diving on this planet. From coral reefs to wrecks, seadragons to sealions, tropical to temperate waters, there is something for everyone in this beautiful state. Australia is the Earth’s largest island but smallest continent and the sixth largest nation by land area. Australia’s ocean territory is the third largest in the world, spanning three oceans and covering more than 12 million square kilometres. More than 2.3 million square kilometres of ocean environment is now protected as marine parks. Western Australia is the largest state and home to around 2.3 million people, who live on more than 2.5 million square kilometres of land. Much of it is desert but there is almost 13,000 kilometres of the world’s most p…