Another first for me. Finally after years of diving I have finally found Veronica. I called her Veronica as it is an anagram of Verconia verconis, her real name. She has no common name as is the case with most of our beautifully weird and wonderful sea critters. Unless they are commercially significant or in […]
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Sultana Point Lodge where we stay in Edithburgh has a long history from the early 1900s as a holiday boarding house to more recently being a beautifully renovated and cosy retreat for divers and non divers who just like get away for a while. While relaxing one evening with cameras at hand my friend Gavin […]
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I can’t believe it has been nearly eight years since I last photographed a shrimp! It should have been an easy one to identify but really I am stumped. The best I can come up with is some species of Rhynchocinetes. There is little spot under Edithburgh Jetty, a jumbled clump of concrete blocks, where […]
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This little guy is a Tasmanian Clingfish, Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis, which would make him a long way from home here under Edithburgh Jetty. In fact judging by the number of these clingfish I see here I think the entire ‘Apple Isle’ population must have emigrated. All humor aside I find it strange that many critters have […]
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Did you know that cows really can fly? Like a 747 cruising overhead this Shaws Cowfish cruised over my head at Edithburgh on what ever errand a cowfish might be engaged in. Normally these guys are more like hoverboards keeping close to the ground. This one had other ideas. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Low Flying Cow’, […]
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