In the distance it is raining. There is no doubt about that. Will it stay out there on this serene ocean or is it a portent of calm before storm. How odd the direction the rain is falling both towards the north east and the south east. There must be strange winds blowing out there […]
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One hundred and sixty four years ago she slipped into the ocean off Liverpool, England; the pride of the Liverpool shipping company Balfour Williamson. Throughout her hard working career she sailed to many continents of the globe. She worked for the English, the Germans, the Norwegians and finally here in South Australia as her final […]
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These enigmatic and almost unnerving sponges around Edithburgh Jetty seem to me like some ancient sentinel lifeform left to observe the passage of evolution. When I think of them in that way it no longer seems strange that these are animals, not plants, and that it is more than likely that this sentinel began its […]
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This place is so close and yet so hidden. Our secret garden guarded by sea on every side. One lone bridge keeps the curious away. This is a place you really need to make an effort for. Torrens Island is so close and yet so detached from awareness that most South Australians are not even […]
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There was a time long, long ago when I dived here armed with sturdy gloves and a catch-bag. What would ensue was a cat and mouse game of stealthy ambush; the hunter; the prey. Since the day I first took a camera underwater my catch-bag has stayed dry and now seeing crayfish brings me a […]
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