A big woolly blanket being pulled up from the south leaves a window of twilight sneaking in from the north. It’s easy to imagine those last vestiges of light disappearing as Henley Beach gets tucked in for the night. Soon it will be bed time for all. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Putting Henley Beach To Bed’ […]
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It’s the end of a Rapid Bay dive and as all well executed dive plans end, another slow safe ascent back up to the entry point. Except this time I spent a little while under the entry platform and it is a microcosm teaming with life. Hard coral’s, sponges, snails, crabs, blennies and gobies all […]
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Port Noarlunga has lots of small abalone and normally they are seen as flat shellfish firmly attached to rocks as if welded to them. Come out and night and those innocent pretend rocks turn into predatory marauding green eyed monsters fit to give children nightmares. Good thing we are larger the a couple centimeters or […]
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Port Noarlunga delivers again, well sort of! I’d just repaired the strobe firing system on my housing and serviced all the port o-rings so I was pretty eager to get back in the water again. It was late and the air was cold clear and still. Perfect for a night dive. For those who have […]
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How often have you sat on a beach gazing out into the ocean. Perhaps counting the waves in sets, perhaps looking for a breaking fin beyond the break, perhaps watching surfers shred it all to pieces. Now try turning it all upside down and imagine gazing on those waves from a completely different world. Better […]
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