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A stunning collection of underwater photographs depicting the myriad of creatures in our oceans is the basis of Brent Womersley's new exhibition, Beneath the Waves, now on show at Caddies in Lismore.

After his first dive in 1993 Brent found a new passion in life and a few years later he travelled to the Great Barrier Reef and began diving regularly. However it wasn't until 2000 that Brent discovered his love of underwater photography whilst working in a marine laboratory in Guam.

Since then he has been a Scuba instructor throughout Australia, Hawaii, Micronesia and the Bahamas, and he is now completing a degree in Marine Science and Management at Southern Cross University.

Most of the photographs in Beneath the Waves have been taken at Julian Rocks near Byron Bay, a special diving location with its mixture of sub-tropical and temperate marine life.

"Through underwater photography I want to expose more people to the beauty and diversity of the local marine life," said Brent, who now lives at Lennox Head. "It's like another world down there with this ever-changing, diverse and colourful ecosystem, but it's also very fragile. I want to show people who have never dived just how amazing it is."

Beneath the Waves is on show until the end of February.