Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
I was assisting the Estuary Care Foundation to check their oyster baskets at Outer Harbor during October, when I was asked if I had seen a particular crab before. My response may have been something like, “Holy cow, what is that?”. I quickly grabbed my phone and took a couple […]
There is an Aquatic Reserve at West Island in Encounter Bay. The Aquatic Reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area. According to Wikipedia, “West Island Encounter Bay Aquatic Reserve is a marine protected area. ….. It was proclaimed on 30 November 1971 in order to protect sites […]
David Muirhead and I did a dive with three others at Rapid Bay jetty on 9th March 2018. Three of us dived whilst two women just snorkelled. It was a sunny day, and the sea was flat calm. The water was 21-22°C and the vis was fair. My bottom time […]
After writing Red Alga Use in Agriculture last year, I stumbled across Adam Main, one of the key personnel from CH4 SA. After a brief chat, we remained in contact with each other. This led to Adam being the guest speaker at our September 2021 General Meeting. Adam’s presentation […]
We did our inaugural Annual Scoresby Shepherd scuba dive on Saturday the second of October. We had stated during Scoresby’s final farewell from PIRSA/SARDI last March that we would hold an annual dive in Scoresby’s name. Dr Scoresby Shepherd Dr Scoresby Shepherd AO was born 22/1/1935. His Officer of the […]
David Muirhead posted these squid photos at Rapid Bay jetty on iNaturalist recently, commenting “this was a great MLSSA dive”. (All photos taken by David Muirhead) The dive was held on 5th December 2015. It wasn’t a great dive for me, but that’s another story. I can only say that […]
Although our recent lock-down has now ended, this is an update to my “Lock-down Story No.4 – My Experiences with Sharks”. In Lock-down Story No.4 – My Experiences with Sharks, I overlooked a story from 1987. I have just rediscovered a report that I made in our April 1987 newsletter […]
It’s a wonder that I took up scuba diving at all after having seen the movie “Jaws” once or twice at that stage. I decided to take up diving after buying the book “The Skindiver’s Underwater World” by Graeme R Dodd, even though there was a chapter about sharks in […]
We have T-shirts & vinyl stickers featuring the MLSSA Leafy Seadragon logo for sale through Redbubble. These MLSSA products include a range of T-shirts & hoodies. Our Leafy Seadragon logo features on these garments. You can choose from a range of colours and styles. MLSSA logo shirt 100% cotton […]
This was actually going to be my first lock-down story before I got carried away with the story about how my nose surgery affected my diving. (These ‘Lock-down’ stories aren’t to be taken too seriously.) In June 2017, I was asked to make a photographic dive in the Cruising Yacht […]