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 […]
Our inaugural Annual Scoresby Shepherd scuba dive
Published on :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 […]
Lock-down Story No.2 – My Oyster-filming Dive in the Marina
Published on :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 […]
Lock-down Story No.1 – How My Nose Surgery Affected My Diving
Published on :On just the 2nd day of a one-week lock-down in SA for COVID-19, I was looking through some old magazines. I came across a couple of old photos, which prompted me to write about a past dive of mine. I just needed to find some more photos on my computers. […]
The sinking of the PS Renmark (and the recovery of some of its artefacts)
Published on :The PS Renmark burned at Goolwa on 2nd February 1951, shortly after being refitted as a tourist steamer (according to “Redgum & Paddlewheelers” by Peter J Phillips). Here is a picture from the State Library of South Australia when the PS Renmark was a showboat: – State Library of South […]
Doug Seton & the UEC of SA’s involvement in the Montebello Shipwreck in 1967
Published on :The wreck of the Montebello on Kangaroo Island is well-documented in books such as “Kangaroo Island Shipwrecks” by Gifford Chapman and “Shipwreck Sites of Kangaroo Island” by Robert McKinnon. Not so well-documented is the Underwater Explorers Club of South Australia’s visit to the site around 1967. It just so happened […]
Is the Mystery Wreck at Cape Jervis Hopper Barge No. 3?
Published on :I recently wrote about a mystery shipwreck at Cape Jervis. My interest began when I read a report in The News newspaper for June 1968. A “Staff Reporter” for The News reported an 1889 shipwreck at Cape Jervis (South Australia) called the Ben Loric (The front page article on Monday […]
My story re the playful Bluethroat Wrasse at Carrickalinga Cliffs
Published on :I wanted to do a shallow sub-tidal snorkel at the cliff base at Carrickalinga. I was able to do a shore entry via a walking track from the North Bay car park. This location has been part of a Green Sanctuary Zone in the Carrickalinga Cliffs MPA since 2014. (Personal […]
How I became interested in shipwrecks
Published on :How I became interested in shipwrecks by Steve Reynolds How on Earth did I become interested in shipwrecks when my main diving focus was marine life? I see that as Editor of the Marine Life Society of South Australia’s monthly newsletter, I wrote a feature about shipwrecks for the June […]
Recent Return to Rapid
Published on :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, […]