Peter Muirhead’s Love of the Sea
The article titled Uncommon Smooth Crassatella (Giant) Cockle found at Brighton SA featured photos taken by both David Muirhead and Peter Muirhead. As you might suspect, the two are related…
Port Adelaide Anchor Trail Walks
Weekly walks along a section of the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail,learning about Port Adelaide’s famous maritime heritage, especially some of the large historic ship anchors making up the Port Adelaide…
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New art exhibition celebrates the marine life of Port Noarlunga, South Australia
River to Reef is an exhibition of new marine-themed artworks by South Australian artists, documentary filmmakers and amateur naturalists, Dan and Emma Monceaux. Presented by Onkaparinga Arts, the ambitious show…
Work begins on the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail
The Marine Life Society of South Australia is pleased to announce that research and development on the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail is officially underway. The project was conceived in early…
Call for Entries: Underwater South Australia photography exhibition
Nature photographer and Marine Life Society of SA member Dan Monceaux and his equally creative wife Emma (Force of Nature) are seeking submissions of existing photographic works to showcase underwater…
We can claim to have reached a 60-year milestone in 2017
As explained in my article titled “MLSSA replaced the SA Museum Underwater Research Group”, “MLSSA, formerly MARIA (SA Branch), followed on from the SA Museum Underwater Research Group. The Museum…
Turn the Tide on Plastics in the Ocean
On Sunday 28th May, my wife and I attended a gathering at the Largs Bay jetty kiosk. Artist Andrew Baines was conducting one of his famous photo shoots on the…
Reef Watch turns 20 – monitoring dives planned
Reef Watch is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. They are inviting divers to take part in monitoring dives: – “Never dived with Reef Watch before and unsure about what…
The unveiling of Reg Sprigg’s dive chamber at the Patawalonga, Glenelg North, SA
A long list of lucky events led to me attending the recent unveiling of Reg Sprigg’s dive chamber at Glenelg North (with my wife Noeleen). The dive chamber has been…
Our Rapid Bay kayak trip
I had to wait almost 12 months to return to the caves between Rapid Bay & Second Valley. I had visited the area some three times during 2015 (This does…