Recent ‘Fossil’ Enquiry
We receive all manner of enquiries about our local marine life. A recent enquiry, however, concerned this ‘fossil’ from Victoria (please excuse the background): – My friend and I were…
Do Fish Actually Yawn?
(As told to me by David Muirhead) One of our members recently discovered a ‘yawning’ fish on some of their video footage. This is a snip of the fish from…
‘Price’s Jetty’ at Wallaroo
The second jetty to be built at Wallaroo, SA was commenced in April 1880. Neville Collins says in his book “The Jetties of South Australia – Past and Present” that…
Meet the ‘Seacliff Rays’ – the Southern Eagle Rays & Smooth Rays at Seacliff
These large rays gather in numbers at Seacliff beach, and they happily interact with people in the water there. They will swim around people, approach them and even nibble their…
Update on the North Haven Marine Anchor
This (Admiralty Pattern) stocked anchor is located out the front of North Haven Marine, Shop 1, 23 Alexa Rd, North Haven: – It is 1.36m long and the arms have…
Anecdotes about Capt. Nobby Buckley
Possibly after they had read my article CAPT. NOBBY BUCKLEY MEMORIAL DIVE AT EDITHBURGH JETTY , Loma Silsbury sent us these details: – “After reading an article which mentioned ‘Nobby’…
Second Valley Snorkel Sightings
One of our members recently went to go snorkelling at Second Valley to look for seadragons. Unfortunately, he did not find any, but he did see some Blue devils: –…
More about John Tait the jetty builder
My article titled Queries Received Concerning Jetties included the query “Do you have information on who built the jetties? I believe my ancestor John (Tait) may have been responsible for…
The final chapter about the Ben Larig/Benlarig?
This may well be the final chapter in my musing about the Ben Larig, the previous chapter being at https://mlssa.org.au/2024/02/24/benlarig-reportedly-the-mystery-wreck-at-cape-jervis/ . I have since been alerted to the availability of…
MY 1978 BLUFF DIVE
In October 1978 I was doing only my 14th scuba dive. This dive was being held at The Bluff jetty (or wharf) at Victor Harbor with fellow members of the…