Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
Port Adelaide Anchor Trail Update by Steve Reynolds Since we completed the guide for our Port Adelaide Anchor Trail, I have remained busy on the project. I have, for example, distributed hard copies of the guide, along with a poster, to a large number of locations close to some of […]
The old Glenelg jetty aquarium by Steve Reynolds According to the web page found at https://southaustralia.com/products/adelaide/attraction/glenelg-jetty, an aquarium was built on the first Glenelg jetty in 1929, showcasing fish, sea lions and sharks. The Glenelg jetty aquarium in 1936 (Taken from The Advertiser’s “Moments in time – SA at play” […]
Cuttlefish Attacks On Divers by Steve Reynolds (Taken from the Marine life Society of South Australia Inc 2007 Journal, Number 17, December 2007 ) I must say from the outset that I don’t want to put people off of diving with cuttlefish. It is generally a pleasure to see them during a dive. Since I always […]
More Senator Fish Behaviour by Steve Reynolds In my report Recent Return to Rapid I wrote about how I came across a male senator wrasse just laying ahead of me. I didn’t know what the senator wrasse was doing so intently. At the time, I thought that perhaps it was […]
More locations where copies of the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail guide may be obtained by Steve Reynolds We have now been able to increase the number of locations where the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail guide can be obtained. The latest locations are as follows: – 17-19. SA Maritime Museum (3 […]
David Muirhead spotted a few longnose fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri, prior to our recent snorkel at Snapper Point at Aldinga Beach. The seals were still swimming just off of the reef platform as we made our way out to the reef edge. David preparing to snorkel David took a few […]
I do not usually give the “Chill” (children’s) section of the Sunday Mail newspaper more than a cursory glance but the section in the 14th June issue was all about snot. Not that it is my favourite topic, but did you know the difference between snot and broccoli? Well, kids […]
A few photos have now (finally) been added to my previous article, The Loss and Recovery of the Anchors from Matthew Flinders’ Ship HMS Investigator. Doug Seton has since provided me with many more photos to add to the story. In order to ensure that everyone has a chance to […]
Recent Return to Rapid by Steve Reynolds I returned to Rapid Bay jetties, for the first time in two months, for a dive on 5th June. My dive was particularly enjoyable for a number of reasons. Apart from seeing the moonlighter with the unusual colour pattern on its right side, […]
More About Peculiar Colour Patterns in Fish by Steve Reynolds I was happy to see a few good-sized Moonlighters, Tilodon sexfasciatus, swimming beneath the old Rapid Bay jetty during my dive on 5th June 2020. I was also very surprised to see the unusual Moonlighter previously seen by David Muirhead, as […]