Blue Hole (New Jersey)
The Blue Hole is located in the Pinelands of Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey and Winslow Township, Camden County, New Jersey. It is a clear blue body of water situated in the middle of a dense forest, with many similar such lakes in its immediate vicinity. The water has warm and cold spots, averaging 58 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The color is very unusual, as most lakes and ponds in the area are brownish due to large deposits of bog iron and the presence of tannic acid. The Blue Hole is circular and about across. In the 1930s, the Blue Hole was a popular party and swimming spot. A wooden footbridge over the Great Egg Harbor River that once made the Hole easily accessible was wiped out by a storm in the 1960s; now it can only be reached on foot.
Paul Hosie
Hosie was born on 30 June 1967. He gained his Cave Diving qualification in 1997. Over the past ten years, Hosie has been involved in the discovery and mapping of over 10,000m of new cave passages in Australia. This has included the exploration of remote cave diving sites in Australia including Kija Blue Sinkhole in Australia's Kimberley region (ADM Issue 24/2006 ). Hosie has been recognised as a member of the World Exploration Team of Divers in Advanced Diver Magazine and was the recipient of the 2003 Oztek Diver of the Year Award.  In 2007, Hosie was awarded the National Speleological Society (USA) Cave Diving Section - Exploration Award along with his team members for the exploration of Kija Blue Sinkhole  Hosie has been active in the caving community in WA. He is currently exploring the area of Eneabba to find new caves and pay homage to Jeff Butt, who was the inspiration for the inaugural Australian Speleological Federation Award for Exploration that he was awarded in 2007 from the Australian Speleological Federation.