The Oyster Blenny, Omobranchus anolius
When I recently snorkelled at the Ship’s Graveyard in the North Arm of the Port River, I saw lots of blennies disappearing into holes on the river bed. They were…
Snorkelling at Ochre Point
We’ve done some recent snorkels at Ochre Point (midway between Moana South and Maslin Beach North). The area is magnificent. David Muirhead and I weren’t able to dive there the…
Snorkelling at Myponga Beach
David Muirhead and I have done some snorkelling at Myponga Beach recently. One of these trips involved us snorkelling in a large rock pool there whilst there were swells breaking…
Recollections of my first few dives
I did my basic scuba course test dive at Port Noarlunga jetty on 4th February 1978. (Strangely, my certificate is dated the day before – 3rd Feb.) It was the…
“My Wheels” At Second Valley
I love to see “my wheels” when I dive at Second Valley jetty. It’s great when I come across them during my dives there. I’m talking about large cartwheels and…
Our Recent Dive at Rapid Bay jetty
Just 6 days after our kayak & caving trip at Rapid Bay we returned to Rapid Bay on 26th November for a dive at the jetties there. Participants this time…
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…
ANZAC Day dive at Carrickalinga
When David Muirhead suggested that we dive at Carrickalinga for our Anzac Day dive (25th April), I happily agreed, since I hadn’t dived there recently, or very much at all…
Our most recent dive at Second Valley
Our recent dive at Second Valley started at the jetty steps. There was enough activity in the immediate vicinity to capture our attention. This Tulip Shell below the jetty steps…
Our ‘Pipefish’ Dive at Port Hughes
We held a dive at the Port Hughes jetty on 2nd January. We were doing a dive that had been postponed from the previous month.We had heard that many juvenile…