Despite Gerry's 
best efforts he never got any results from this latest underwater Nikon!
Dr. Gerry Allen with his latest Nikon UW

Photographic gallery from The Pioneering Exploratory Trip to Fakfak & beyond!

by Graham Abbott & Alex Mustard

We have been leading the first ever recreational dive trips to this area from November 2006.

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Press release 18th September from The BBC
Press release 18th September from The Independent

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More of the latest findings from 2007
Ambon scorpionfish
by Graham Abbott Coralimorph shrimp
by Graham Abbott Flambouyant cuttlefish
by Graham Abbott
Cuthona sp.
by Graham Abbott Chromodoris geometrica
by Graham Abbott Cuthona sebogae
by Graham Abbott
Gymnodoris aurita
by Graham Abbott Cuthona sebogae
by Graham Abbott Nembrotha purpurelineolata
by Graham Abbott
Dermatobranchus ornatus
by Mary Hamilton Kentrodoris rubescens
by Graham Abbott Elysia ornata
by Graham Abbott
Cockatoo waspfish
by Graham Abbott Ornate ghost pipefish
by Graham Abbott Fairy crab
by Graham Abbott
Very rare and unusual red cowry shell
by Graham Abbott Spotter soft coral cowry
by Graham Abbott
Rare bottletail squid
by Graham Abbott Wonderpuss
by Andrew Scourse Unidenetified octopus species
by Graham Abbott
Pair of velvetfish
by Graham Abbott

Starry night octopus
by Graham Abbott

White weedy pigmy sea horse
by Graham Abbott

November 2006
Just a sample of Alex Mustards photographs from this region
with more to come from Alex in the not too distant future!

Exploring The Blue Water Mangroves
by Alex Mustard Fantastic tender rides through
amazing groups of tiny islands
by Alex Mustard Ancient bones on the entrance
to Headhunters Bay
by Alex Mustard
We came across many of these angelfish
in amongst gorgeous soft coral backdrops
by Alex Mustard The Walking Shark from Walkers Patch
by Alex Mustard

The shots below are a few more critters I managed get shots of
from our recent dives on new critter sites in this new region!

A resident giant frogfish on
another new critter site Yep - even more frogfish One of a few frogfish found
on the "Critter Patch"
Phidiana militaris Yellowish Painted frogish Unidentified species of octopus
Plucked chicken pigmy sea horses Humpback scorpionfish One of many different
species of whip coral shrimp
Tozeuma or sawblade shrimp New species of dottyback
mimicking a common damselfish
NEW SPECIES!
Another different species of tozeuma shrimp
One of a pair of leaf scorpionfish Rare juvenile winged pipefish One of the most gorgeous nudi's
The Ardeodoris egretta
Many of the large sea cucumbers were
seen with commensal Emperor shrimps One of many different
ghost pipefish species seen Dendronepthya soft coral crab
Our first expedition gallery

One of the many great panoramas in this region

One of many wobbiegong
sharks we saw along the way What a refreshing place to go relax after your diving! Yes and some critters like
this pair of Coleman shrimps
Looking in close we found
quite a few whip coral cowries A little gem in the sand, thecacera picta A few great nudibranchs, like
this beauty, the nembrotha kubaryana More colourful cowry
shells in sea fans
The cool little hairy squat lobster We saw lots of great pelagic fish
life like these yellowtail baracuda Sea spider on sponge
Denises pigmy sea horse... oh so cute hey! The not so easy to find, soon to
be named Pontoh's pigmy sea horse Not so common yellow bargibants pigmy sea horse More common coloured Bargibants pigmy sea horse
Risbecia tryoni Along with skulls, the bay we entered also had a pair of 12m whales, maybe they had entered and could not find the're way back out? Bubble coral shrimps were all over the place
Chromodoris reticulata Looking like a fresian cow the
jorunna fenebris, we saw a few of these! Armina sp. Notodoris serenae found inside a deep cave near Fakfak
Pair of whip coral shrimps When a rainbow shines follow it, this is what we found
at the end of our rainbow, a giant cavern, makes a great dive! One of a few notodoris gardineri we found inside the cave
Vivid colours of the Emperor angel fish The simple things on reefs like tubastraea coral Deep inside the cavern were beautiful invertebrates like this sponge
One of so many sleeping parrotfish we saw A nembrotha feeds on a tunicate Another species of parrotfish with it's wacky colour patterns

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