A Life on the Ocean Waves

Craig Ward

Craig is a peripatetic marine professional.  A dive instructor, marine biologist and ships Captain, and for over twelve years involved in marine research and education throughout the Indo-pacific, particularly the Northern Great Barrier Reef, The Kimberley, south-east Asia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand and more recently the Americas.

Already having a background in Coral Reef Ecology, Craig studied Zoology at James Cook University, Cairns.  He became a wildlife keeper working with many native Australian species including crocodiles, snakes and cassowaries.  Writing a number of public education presentations on topics such as wetlands, reptiles, jellyfish and conservation, Craig developed his lecturing skills and became recognised as a regularly cited author.  He is credited on a number of scientific papers, has been published in a variety of magazines and has co written and edited several natural history works.

In 2003, he established a marine expedition services company, Sevare, which was designed to bridge the gap between tourism and conservation.

Craig is based in tropical northern Australia, where he is still actively involved in conservation research. His greatest passions in life are travel and biodiversity conservation, and so he spends much of the year travelling to remote parts of the world in search of rare animals, going out to sea as often as he can.

Craig’s talk is a light hearted look at his life sailing the seas, playing with crocodiles, snakes and sharks.