Ok so it’s the start of winter and as the water gets colder the neoprene gets thicker, the gloves get donned and the hood gets worn in a kind of claustrophobic sufferance. By now thoughts of exotic warm dive locations are distant memories and the shine of the idea of being a diver is starting […]
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Leafy Seadragons are extraordinary creatures and we are privileged to share our part of the world with them. This little youngster is only about 10cm in length and at that size can range from bright orange to deep red making them quite spectacular. Regardless of size or colour, getting to hang with a dragon is […]
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Alexius armed and ready with his new toy. Today’s Rapid Day dive was wonderful and the the visibility has mostly returned after two weeks of milky broth. Armed with his macro and close up lenes there are nudibranchs and other critters now ordering sunglasses for next time. Now all I need to do is convince […]
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In Cafe Assiette in the main street of Hahndorf there is a back room covered in messages. There were a few posted notices asking patrons not to ‘add’ to their ‘beautiful words’. I could not help be amused at the irony. Looking and reading deeper most messages were frivolous, personal and light hearted and nothing […]
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Cheap hanging baskets don’t usually attract my attention but I liked the feel of these as they hung from the gutter at eye level the entire length of this Hahndorf main street shop. The shop sold chocolate strawberries and you really needed to stoop if you wanted to peruse inside. Hanging baskets have nothing to […]
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