Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc.
Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
The display of the HMS Investigator anchor at the South Australian Maritime Museum includes these slides from the anchor recovery expedition: – They are part of a collection in the…
Garry Keywood’s article “Point Drummond South” includes details about the sinking of the fishing boat Kathleen K and the story of its subsequent salvage. The Kathleen K is described in…
QR codes linking to information about anchors were attached to most of the anchors on the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail during ‘working bees’ in August 2025. During these ‘working bees’,…
We have an online library through Librarika Each of the items in our library are given ‘Categories’ for topics from ‘Animal behaviour’ to ‘Wildlife’. Most items have some relevance to…
My wife and I attended the official unveiling of the plaque for the Sea Wolves Dive Club’s historic admiralty anchor now on display at the entrance of the Port Noarlunga…
There are several known anchors to be seen at Port Noarlunga. Certainly, most of them (4) are underwater and can only be visited by divers. There are, however, now three…
I wrote about the old Glenelg jetty in three of our old newsletters: June 2002 http://seadragon.podzone.org/nletters/june2002.htm July 2002 http://seadragon.podzone.org/nletters/july2002.htm September 2007 http://seadragon.podzone.org/nletters/september2007.htm Those three articles were all linked together. A…
A building in Adelaide now known as the Radford Auditorium was originally an ‘Ordnance Store’ (or old military store) built in 1867. It was refurbished in 1972 and became a…
More photos (slides) have come to hand since writing Photos of the Recovery of the Lost Anchors from Matthew Flinders’ Ship HMS Investigator – Marine Life Society of South Australia…
The Cape Willoughby Lighthouse on Kangaroo Island celebrated its 173rd anniversary in January 2025. I possibly first wrote about the Cape Willoughby lighthouse in my article titled Old Jetties Associated…