The Cape Don
The historic (Lighthouse Supply and Navigational Aids Maintenance Ship) MV Cape Don is a “part of the maritime history of Australia”. (Photo courtesy of MV Cape Don Society) The Cape…
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Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
The historic (Lighthouse Supply and Navigational Aids Maintenance Ship) MV Cape Don is a “part of the maritime history of Australia”. (Photo courtesy of MV Cape Don Society) The Cape…
We held our CAPT. Nobby Buckley Memorial Dive at Edithburgh Jetty today (22nd December 2021). Let me explain. I made my first dive trip to the Yorke Peninsula in June…
According to Captain Arthur Wright – Ancestor History, Captain Arthur Wright was a seafaring captain who brought “supplies, prisoners and free settlers from England, Ireland and Scotland to Hobart” (then…
I see similarities between the recent and seemingly quite rapidly escalating decline in Port River dolphin numbers and the continuing extinction trend in the bushland birds of Adelaide and the…
Diving with Old Friends by Robert Rath Diving under the old Rapid Bay Jetty is often just like catching up with old friends, mostly good fun but sometimes leading to…
On 15th November, I attended a community forum held by the Australian Marine Wildlife Research & Rescue Organisation Inc. (AMWRRO) to discuss recent (& ongoing) dolphin deaths in the Port…
Udayana University in Bali, Indonesia holds regular summer school abroad programs. These study programs are created and designed especially for international students from different study fields who would like to…
A B-17 Flying Fortress called “Black Jack” has been laying 48m of water off of Papua New Guinea since WWII. I had not heard of “Black Jack” at all until…
I have been visiting the wreck of the Santiago in the North Arm of the Port River on many of my kayaking trips from Garden Island. There is always much…
A highlight of our recent dive at Port Hughes jetty was the sighting of a Cobbler Wobbegong, Sutorectus tentaculatus. The shark seemingly sprang up out of nowhere between my buddy…