I never grow tired diving with these beautiful creatures and I still give a quiet yelp of delight when I find my first one on a dive. Last weekend I was fortunate enough to see several of these gorgeous leafy seadragons during my dive at Rapid Bay. This male is carrying a fresh batch of […]
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Bowl of Cowries
My dive buddy Andy spotted this extraordinary scene last weekend as we made our way north on the outside of Port Noarlunga Reef. His odd gestures to me seemed to be asking, ‘did I stage this”, ‘did some other divers before us stage this’, or is there something special about this sponge that made three […]
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At a glance you could be excused for thinking this shot was taken on some exotic tropical reef. Certainly gorgonian corals often feature in deep tropical reef locations but they are just as at home here in our South Australian cold to temperate waters as in the tropics. I first found gorgonian corals many years […]
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The wreck of the MV Excelsior in Mutton Cove (Osborne, South Australia) is in one of the oddest locations you might imagine. A short walk in what seems like a field brings you right up to her rusted forgotten bow resting in swampy wetland. Although no lives where lost on her journey here she still […]
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Fronting up to a desk job every day for a prolong period is a sure way to loose contact with photography. Or is it? Well it might be an easy excuse but really there is no reason why a quick lunch break and a 30 minute stroll away from your desk can’t be used to […]
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