Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
This may well be the final chapter in my musing about the Ben Larig, the previous chapter being at https://mlssa.org.au/2024/02/24/benlarig-reportedly-the-mystery-wreck-at-cape-jervis/ . I have since been alerted to the availability of…
In October 1978 I was doing only my 14th scuba dive. This dive was being held at The Bluff jetty (or wharf) at Victor Harbor with fellow members of the…
My 2005 article My love of jetties, some of my jetty work , Granite Island jetties & a list of S.A. jetties built from the 1800s to early 1900s resulted…
I continue to make interesting observations of fish behaviour during my dives, especially at Rapid Bay jetty. One of my recent observations concerns some fish cleaning behaviour between Pencil Weed…
Chris Iwanicki came across a shovelnose ray in shallow water recently and he wanted to take some closeups of its eyes. “My vision was blurry at the time, and the…
Member Chris Iwanicki recently came across an aggregation of Port Jackson sharks north of Brighton. “Surprisingly the water was much clearer than expected. I came across an aggregation of Port…
Many blogs about fish behaviour have been posted to our website over the years. One such recent blog is Recent Fish Behaviour Sightings at Rapid Bay Jetty . Search our…
This photo of some Magpie perch Pseudogoniistius nigripes is another example of this species tending to hog many of the most prominent Western Cleaner Clingfish Cochleoceps bicolor sponge stations under…
Symonne Ellis, our latest Facebook follower, told us that she had “had an interesting couple of days with two observations that (she) thought may be of interest”. Symonne sent us…
Emily May recently sent us a query regarding some unusual mating behaviour by southern bobtail squid, Euprymna tasmanica, that she had observed during a night dive at Rye Pier, Port…