Turtle Sighting at Semaphore & Catfish at West Lakes
Symonne Ellis, our latest Facebook follower, told us that she had “had an interesting couple of days with two observations that (she) thought may be of interest”. Symonne sent us…
Unusual Mating Behaviour by Southern Bobtail Squid
Emily May recently sent us a query regarding some unusual mating behaviour by southern bobtail squid, Euprymna tasmanica, that she had observed during a night dive at Rye Pier, Port…
Fish ‘n’ Rocks
What’s the connection between pairs of fish and ‘rocks’? Answer: Whenever you find female and male fish together, you will always find ‘rocks’! This photo shows a breeding pair of…
The Solway (& the South Australian’s) Anchor
A large, stocked anchor thought to be from the 1837 shipwreck Solway is located by the entrance to the National Trust Museum at 1 Flinders Parade, Victor Harbor. The Solway…
Remarkable Recovery of Depleted Kelp Beds
John Turnbull (Marine Explorer) posted these stills on Flickr a while back: – “Before and After the Floods #marineexplorer (Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnwturnbull/51114323714/ ) According to the caption for the two stills,…
“Spotting spotted squibs sure ain’t easy!”
I did a solo dive around the outer end of the new jetty at Rapid Bay in the afternoon. I took this photo which features an unsharp and tiny juvenile…
More on the Wreck of the Duilius
It seems that there have been several spellings/miss-spellings for the name of the ship Duilius wrecked in Guichen Bay in 1853. Here is one such discrepancy, in “Wrecks on the…
The Australian Warships Scuttled as Dive Wrecks 1997-2011
Several Australian warships have been scuttled as dive wrecks since 1997. (The River Class frigate HMAS Derwent was also sunk off Rottnest Island, Western Australia during explosives testing on 21st…
KEITH MINCHIN, ADELAIDE ZOO, THE SNAKE PARK, KOALA FARM & THE OLD GLENELG JETTY AQUARIUM
After reading The Old Glenelg Jetty Aquarium, Jana Minchin recently told me that the Glenelg jetty aquarium was made by (Alfred) Keith Minchin. Keith was the son of Alfred Corker…
My West-coast Trip
This is Port LeHunte jetty at Point Sinclair: – Port LeHunte jetty at Point Sinclair If you look at the photo I took from the jetty towards shore, you can…