Alex returns to Tunku Abdul Rahman marine park to find her PADI Instructor, Mark Hedger, to go over what she has learnt and whether she can become a PADI Project Aware diver. Can Alex put all that she has learnt into practice and help the coral reefs and marine life she has come to love. Alex and Mark are joined … Read More
Time-lapse cameras help save Sharks and Rays | Borneo Ocean Diaries (S01E07) | SZtv
Alex returns to Sandakan to meet MRF scientist, KC, who has become a bit of a technology wiz through the innovative use of remote time-lapse cameras to monitor fishing trawlers and the their catch. By-catch from trawlers is a big environmental issue and whilst walking round the local fish market Alex and KC discover baby sharks and stingrays for sale. … Read More
Big Brother is watching – How drones help turtle conservation | Borneo Ocean Diaries (S01E06) | SZtv
Alex heads back to Mantanani with MRF Scientist Jonathan to learn all about remote aerial surveying and how to fly a drone. Alex reconnects with the team from Reefcheck Malaysia and sees first hand how plastic pollution is threatening the marine environment and what the island community of Mantanani are doing to tackle it. Finally Alex joins the Reefcheck team … Read More
Sabah’s Turtle Islands – the best in SE Asia | Borneo Ocean Diaries (S01E05) | SZtv
Dr Nick Pilcher takes Alex to Turtle Island, a place where he has worked extensively over the years. Alex sees first hand the complete Sea turtle life cycle from the mother sea turtle laying eggs on a beach at night to the fresh emergence of the turtle hatchlings and race to the open sea. Alex sees first hand the importance … Read More
Fisherman for the day – Turtle Excluder Devices | Borneo Ocean Diaries (S01E04) | SZtv
Alex joins Dr Nick Pilcher and MRF scientist Liyana on a road trip from KK to Sandakan. Alex is about to become a fisherman for a day, spending time on a coastal shrimp trawl boat to learn about the issues both the fishermen and the marine life face. Guided by Liyana, Alex sees the importance of sustainable fishing for local … Read More
High speed diving – Turtle Rodeo | Borneo Ocean Diaries (S01E03) | SZtv
Alex Joins the Marine Research Foundation Team, lead by Dr. Nicholas Pilcher, and takes to the high seas to sail up to Mantanani Island to join in on a turtle rodeo all in the name of science and sea turtle conservation. The MRF team take Alex and a couple of sea turtle volunteers to meet with island based NGO Reefcheck … Read More
Exploring Tunku Abdul Rahman Park – PADI Open Water Course | Borneo Ocean Diaries (S01E02) | SZtv
Alex continues with her PADI Open Water Course through to completion and makes her first Open Water boat dives and not only comes face to face with an endangered hawksbill sea turtle but also one of the worlds most venomous snakes – the banded sea snake and she explores the coral reefs of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park for … Read More
Taking the Plunge – PADI Open Water Course | Borneo Ocean Diaries (S01E01) | SZtv
As a Sabahan Actress Alex Alexander was born, raised and lives, surrounded by water, on the worlds 3rd largest Island – Borneo. Alex is stepping out of the Jungle with her Borneo Jungle Diaries adventures behind her and is taking the plunge as she learns what it takes to become a safe and responsible scuba diver. Join Alex as she … Read More
Borneo Ocean Diaries | Official Trailer | SZtv
The official trailer for Borneo Ocean Diaries is here! Join Alex as she steps out of the Jungles of Borneo, takes her PADI Open Water certification and dives into the Oceans to explore the equally biodiverse and breathtaking marine environment that surrounds the Worlds third largest island of Borneo. Funded by:Sime Darby FOUNDATION Supported by:Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Environment … Read More