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Dr Richard Harris

Richard Harris (or Dr Harry as he is better known), is an Adelaide based tech diver and underwater photographer. To pay for this expensive addiction he works as an anaesthetist and hyperbaric physician!

Diving for over thirty years, he has embraced rebreather technology to explore and photograph wrecks and caves in Australia and the South Pacific.

For Harry, the ultimate thrill is to photograph previously unseen dive sites and then share them through his publications. He has had numerous images published in the international diving literature; in magazines, books, newsletters and advertisements. He has recently been busy mapping and researching caves in his backyard, the Mt Gambier region of South Australia.

The last few years have seen his involvement in trips to Kija Blue Sinkhole in Western Australia, the Pearse Resurgence in NZ and wrecks like The RMS Niagara and the SS William Dawes. Unfortunately the list of sites he wants to visit remains longer than the list he has seen!

Harry has an active interest in diving safety and accident investigation, especially pertaining to cave and technical diving.

In 2009 he was the recipient of the OZTeK'09 'Outstanding Achievement' Award to mark his exceptional contributions to cave diving exploration.

Harry's website is: www.divedoc.net