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About Len Zell

Noted coral reef authority, Len is author of the Lonely Planet Diving and Wild Discovery Guides :

• Flinders Island - Tasmania,
• Snorkeling Australia's Great Barrier Reef,
• A Guide to the Kimberley Coast,
• Roadkill - Australian Wildlife,
• Senior author of Wild Discovery Guides Shark Bay- Ningaloo Coast, Outback Pathways Western Australia.
• Co-author Great Desert Tracks Atlas and Guide - HEMA Maps.

Len Zell is the perfect person to guide you around the Australian coastline. He has worked in and around the world's reefs for more than 25 years and is actively involved in their protection.

Skilled in lecturing, underwater photography, videography and maritime archaeology, he has developed numerous ecotourism programs for tropical systems, coral reefs and islands. He has conducted field research and educational programs in many parts of the world, including all of the Great Barrier Reef, Papua New Guinea, The Line Islands, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Wallis, Futuna and Niue, the Red Sea, Mediterranean and Caribbean. Len has also managed to visit the remote Pitcairns and Easter Island.

He has two species of coral named after him for his contributions to marine science. He regularly travels as a field guide for luxury super yachts and as lecturer on luxury cruise vessels.

Len has also appeared on Ushuaia TFN1 (France with Nicolas Hulot), Discovery Channel, Fox Sports, Channel 9's award winning Inside the Reef series (As talent and researcher) and many news and current affairs programs. He has written many papers and a chapter in a 'Coral Reef Handbook'.

Len was Chairman of Dive Queensland for two years during which time he represented them overseas as well as domestically, has served on the Council of the Australian College For Seniors and chaired and been on the executive and committee of many other organisations. At the University of Queensland he established AustraLearn and TraveLearn and has lectured to TAFE, university and adult educational groups

Len is currently an adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Marine and Tropical Biology at James Cook University.

In the field ...

Len with Nicolas Hulot - Ushuaia Nature television presenter from France - on location at the Horizontal Falls in the Kimberley as part of a documentary to be shown in 2005. In October 2004 they met again at Tijou Reef in the Far Northern Great Barrier Reef to dive Mr Walker's Caves for sediment sampling to see if terrestrial remains occur there - 25m underwater - also part of the Ushuaia documentary. Specimens from 3m depth in the sediment have been sent for dating.

Press ..

TWO GONGS ... Len Zell with his award winning books

DESERTS might be dry fare for some, but writing a book about them has just won Townsville academic Len Zell two international gongs.

Australia's Great Desert Tracks Atlas and Guide, a self-drive touring guide won the International Map Trade Association's Asia Pacific category for Book Based Product. The announcement was made at an industry dinner at the Gold Coast International Hotel last Saturday night.

There were six award categories on the night and a separate award - the Graham Stanton Award for Excellence - for the best nomination across all six categories. This award went to Mr Zell's book which he co-wrote with veteran Australian off-road writer Ian Glover. The book was published co-jointly by Hema Maps and Mr Zell's own publishing arm, Wild Discovery Guides.
Mr Zell, an adjunct senior lecturer in the School of Marine and Tropical Biology at James Cook University, has a number of other published works under his belt including Lonely Planet's Diving and Snorkelling Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the acclaimed
A Guide to the Kimberley Coast.

He also authored and illustrated the handbook Roadkill which was shortlisted this year for a Whitley Award. The Whitleys are awarded to outstanding conservationists around the world.
Mr Zell said Great Desert Tracks was a guide for ecotravellers. He said the book contained accurate maps and information on how to safely navigate and stay alive in Australia's driest environments.
Mr Zell said he had a similar book in development dealing with the Townsville and Thuringowa region and adjacent islands ... Townsville Bulletin Nov 07

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