When we entered the foyer of Customs House in Sydney it was busy, noisy and there were people everywhere. Some people gazed into the atrium void above, others marveled at the scale replica model of Sydney below the glass floor. Tour groups posed for photos while tourists in pairs or alone wielded selfie sticks to […]
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I always wondered why you had to travel North to find and catch the delicacy we grew up with, the Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus). Living on the coast in South Australia you have to travel thousands of kilometers to the west or to the east before you can start following the coastline heading north. […]
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The ocean is filled with monsters. I remember when I could count my years on two hands spending holidays with extended family at a little coastal village called Port Parham. A particular aspect of this shallow coastal location is being able to go out fishing way off the beach wearing nothing but shorts, a jumper […]
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There is always a school or two … or three of Yellowtail Scad (Trachurus novaezelandiae) cruising in and around the pylons under the old Rapid Bay Jetty. Not so common is to find them out on the adjacent seagrass beds. It must schoolies week for Yellowtail Scad. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Schoolies’, 1/160s f/8 ISO160 15mm
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What’s pink and fluffy and tastes great? The pink spongy mass might look like fairy-floss but that’s where the similarity ends, unless of course you are a nudibranch. This is the first time I have found this species of nudibranch, Ceratosoma brevicaudatum, eating this particular species of sponge. Perhaps that’s where it gets its pink […]
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