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Submitted by bryantp on Fri, 2009-11-20 13:32

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Adventures in Australia (part 2): Tours conjure up fish, fowl, rainforest flight

Submitted by Okinawa Editor on Wed, 2009-11-18 10:28

By Max Deco

I live to dive in Guam and Japan, so on my third day in Cairns I had to do The Great Barrier Reef. This is undoubtedly one of the most famous landmarks of Australia and I wasn’t going to miss it.

I went out on Marine World’s high-speed catamaran to their private outer reef platform which has a dining area, sundeck, showers and access to the water below. After we got settled in, our dive master led us to the tender where our gear was already set up and ready to go.

US artist uses local ideas for mystical works

Submitted by Okinawa Editor on Wed, 2009-11-18 10:27

By Cory Mimms

It’s not too late to peruse some rare and deep works of art. An art gallery in the Koza area is featuring an American artist who has combined his own themes with Okinawan ideology to create a cross-cultural showcase that’s on exhibit through Nov. 22.

George Kofas is an American artist who has been living on Okinawa since 2007. He is a professor at the University of Maryland University College and also teaches at Kadena Elementary School.