If I talk about coral gardens there are three ways the conversation might go. The first, that corals are in the ocean and so you must find them everywhere. The second, that corals are in the tropical oceans and so you only get to see them in exotic locations. The third comes from an understanding […]
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LL in the Underworld
‘Don’t go in there’ Liam said as he swam back from the gates. Unspoken, we both perceived the gauntlet drift downward to the ocean floor below. For a while we watched and we waited until during a brief lull in the waves we quietly slipped through. It was so intense in that crazy place, always […]
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There’s an expression regarding some people; ‘you can’t take them anywhere’. Well it does not apply to my dive buddy Andy who will happily dive with me in the most atrocious of conditions, and I do mean happily! The other weekend we headed down to one of my favorite dragon lairs near Victor Harbor. The […]
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It was not meant to be a Rapid Bay night dive. It was not even meant to be a dusk dive but in the end it was a race against the light. As our days are as short as they will be for the year it is easy to get caught out not planning an […]
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Back in the water, it’s dropped to a chilly 15 degrees and will be heading further down from there through winter and into spring. Despite the cold it is good to be diving again after too long on dry land and it was great to see all the usual undersea suspects again including this red […]
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