Uncommon Smooth Crassatella (Giant Cockle) found at Brighton, SA
On 3rd July 2014, Society member David Muirhead found a single half of a ‘Giant Cockle’ valve (105mm max diameter) in a sand dune cutaway at Brighton beach, South Australia.…
Stromatolites – Part 2
I stated in my “Thrombolites” article in our September 2013 Newsletter (No. 405) that “I couldn’t recall having heard of thrombolites”. That was despite the fact that I had previously…
Marion Bay & the wreck of the SS Willyama
As described in my article titled “Three Days at Marion Bay” in our May newsletter, a highlight of our trip was our visit to the site of the wreck of…
Grey Nurse Sharks (Carcharias taurus)
I have been busy doing an online course through Duke University. I was doing an 8-week course entitled “Marine Megafauna: An Introduction to Marine Science and Conservation”. At least two…
Thrombolites & Stromatolites
Whilst watching a documentary on ABC TV, I saw what I thought were stromatolites, only to learn that they were called “thrombolites”. I couldn’t recall having heard of thrombolites. These…
Maritime Archaeology and the Big Anchor Project
Maritime Archaeology and the ‘Big Anchor Project’ by Steve Reynolds On 19th May 2013, I attended the South Australian Archaeology Society (SAAS) ‘Big Anchor Project’ day at the Birkenhead Tavern,…
Changes to Seastar Names
Whilst in Port Lincoln last January, I picked up a book from the Visitor Information Centre there. It was “Shores and Shallows of Coffin Bay – An Identification Guide” by…
Nudibranch Discovery At Port Hughes Jetty
Hank van der Wijngaart, President of the Scuba Diver Federation of SA went diving at the Port Hughes jetty on Sunday 28th Dec 2008. He found a nudibranch on one…
Diving in Port Lincoln (and more on cuttlefish attacks)
(As told to Steve Reynolds by Phil Porter) Phil Porter from Port Lincoln recently became a new MLSSA member. Phil said that he has been diving in the Port Lincoln…
Scoresby Shepherd receives Verco Medal from the Royal Society of South Australia
According to the web page found at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rssa/, the Royal Society of South Australia was founded on 10th January 1853 (as the Adelaide Philosophical Society). The Society changed its name…