The Exposed Remains of the Original Port Willunga jetty & the Wreck of the Ida
The Star of Greece Café is close to a shipwreck, and it’s not the wreck of the Star of Greece! The wreck of the Ida is down on the beach…
THE BARQUE SHANDON & THE SHIP MOUNT STEWART
Sue Simmonds recently sent me the following email message regarding her late father’s love of the Shandon: – “Hi Steve, The “Shandon” was dad’s favourite ship, he loved sail and…
Follow-up on the Schooners Lemael & Booya
I had previously written a series of articles regarding a number of sailing ships, but two in particular – the Booya and the Lemael. The series started with “Cyclone Tracy…
What Is CIGESMED for Divers?
In November 2013, I hosted Vasilis Gerovasileiou from Greece during his visit to South Australia. We only managed one dive together though. We managed a dive at Rapid Bay jetty…
MLSSA replaced the SA Museum Underwater Research Group
Our Society celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. Next year we can celebrate our 60th! That’s if we take the word of our Patron & Life Member, Dr Scoresby Shepherd.…
Follow-up re Sea urchin barrens and mini-barrens
Further to my article titled “Sea urchin barrens and mini-barrens” (http://wp.me/p4BvtZ-pZ ), Society member, David Muirhead commented, “Magazine Bay looks so nice Steve. I can see why you dived that…
Victorian marine worm I.D.
Early April 2016, we received an email message with the subject heading “Possible new species”. The message read (in part), “I was just went down Shoreham Beach with my family…
Art exhibition – “Dire – art and science on land rivers sea”
Dire 2016 Ar Exhibition Invitation
The naming of the Bluefin Leatherjacket, Thamnaconus degeni
David Muirhead took this photo of a male Bluefin Leatherjacket, Thamnaconus degeni, at the Noarlunga Tyre Reef: – Photo of a male Bluefin Leatherjacket, Thamnaconus degeni (Taken by David Muirhead…
The results for the first ACSA national survey about public participation in marine citizen science are now online
Gretta Pecl, Les Christidis and Vicki Martin have now published the results for the first Australian Citizen Science Association national survey about public participation in marine citizen science. The results…