I spend most of my days beachcombing and searching for sea treasures for making sea-themed jewelry. I am not only searching for seashells and corals, but also for rare sea glass and sea pottery. One of my proudest finds is a 200-year-old undamaged Maraschino bottle, from the Austro-Hungarian

My name is Matt Burgess and I am an ocean photographer from Australia. Do you remember my last post from 2017? Here is the collection of my favorite images that I captured in 2018. All these images were captured in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. The ocean is a magical place for many

We are all very much aware of the suffering that we, as human beings, impose on the other species that inhabit our planet. Habitat destruction, over-exploitation, climate change and the introduction of invasive species have all contributed to what is rapidly becoming a sixth ‘mass extinction,’ and

When you tell people “I’m going to be successful.” and you are only 13, they tell you “Of course you will.” while thinking you are too ambitious. Instead of listening to those people I worked hard and proved you can do anything you set your mind to, no matter how old you are. Now being 18, I can

Summer is just around the corner, and so the gyms are filling up and people are pounding the pavements, trying to get ‘beach ready’ and achieve the perfect ‘bikini body.’ Exercise is always a good habit to get into and should always be encouraged, but are these goals really healthy ones? These