The MV Seawolf lies in 20 meters of water just off the South Australian coastal town of Port Noarlunga; its resting place for the past 18 years. I love the ironic twist of fate that this Japanese fishing trawler has become a home for local reef fish, a host of other marine life and an […]
Read MoreLife’s a Beach
From gentle white sand through to dark sinister waves. It would seem the life of the beach captured in a single image. What’s missing are the people, the runners, the bathers and the sun lovers. I don’t blame them. It’s cold, its winter, and the wind is blowing a chilly gale. Perhaps life is a […]
Read MoreLonesome Jetty
There’s something not quite right about Whyalla’s amazing new jetty. There’s no one on it! To be fair it’s pretty new, having been completed in the midst of COVID-19 lock down. Apparently the council is concerned about social distancing but after a dinner evening at Whyalla’s Westland Hotel I am not convinced that social distancing […]
Read MoreSepia Apama
Far up into South Australia’s Spencer Gulf, in the rocky shallows of Stony Point near Whyalla, is a very special place where once a year, in the depths of winter, our Giant Cuttlefish congregate to mate and renew. The ongoing struggle between fishers demanding their right to catch and the divers, the snorkellers and environmentalists, […]
Read MoreCreature of the Night
Head out onto the seagrass beds on a Port Noarlunga Night dive and there will be crabs everywhere. At first they will hold their ground, threaten with claws and appear stalwartly menacing. Get a little closer and they will scurry away to stand their ground again from a safer distance. The challenge is not one […]
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