The Sun, the Moon, and the Wooden Leg
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star Summer 1987, the searing heat of a Brisbane Christmas, steam rising from the freshly cut playing field. It's the annual 'fishermen versus buyers' cricket match and...
View ArticleLearning to Climb Trees - Part 1
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star There's a tree in my mothers back yard that is 1000 feet high. At least that's how high it used to be. Now its probably only 50 feet high, it shrank considerably as I...
View ArticleLearning to Climb Trees - Part 2
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star There was actually a little bit of confusion just prior to the jump. Simon and I had agreed that because my descents were in general slower than his, that I would go...
View ArticleGreat Big Stuff Ups I Have Made
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star When I first started using my CCR, a friend of mine handed me a ream of paper. On the front cover it read....An Introduction to Rebreather Diving by Richard Pyle. It...
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The G List
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star (The following story is a true story. Versions of the incident differ greatly in Brisbane, Australia. This version is the one generally agreed on in Luganville,...
View ArticleArtifact Restoration for the Layman
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star If you dive wrecks on a regular enough basis, sooner or later you're probably going to discover an artifact that you'll want to take home as keepsake. Unless you are...
View ArticleChanging the Outcome - The anatomy of a serious diving accident
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star Myron Wintonyk is dead. I can see that he is dead, his face is blue. Foam is oozing from his nose and mouth. White foam like from a shaken up beer can. And not just a...
View ArticleThe 18th Minute
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star I was at a party recently. The conversation was lively and somehow we got onto the subject of age. All the clichés were there; "I'm 53 but I still feel 17 inside",...
View ArticleThe Wild Geese of Thirsty Sound - Part 1
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star Saturday the 24th of July 2004. Anticipation. It's quite often the best bit of a new adventure. Anticipation is rife around the decks of the Esperance Star today....
View ArticleThe Wild Geese of Thirsty Sound - Part 2
By Trevor Jackson - Esperance Star "This is Thirsty Sound" big tides, big currents, big bloody everything and just getting you're swept away ****** back to shore is not going to help you "because the...
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