TAWALI - PNG dive heaven
After disembarking from Svetaeva, I met up with friend and dive buddy Rusty Lee on the streets of Alotau. Rusty had flown in from the his home in the south west of Western Australia to spend a week with me diving at Tawali on Milne Bay.

Only accessible by boat, Tawali sits on rainforest-clad ridge overlooking turquoise waters. Some of PNG's best diving is within easy reach of the resort, and week at Tawali revolves around diving, diving and more diving.

The local waters offer some fantastic critter and muck diving, as well as some superb reefs attracting pelagics, walls covered in seafans, and extensive sponge gardens.

My particular favourite dive sites were Wahoo Point and Deacon's, but all the sites I dived offered fantastic opportunities.