When I was a child there was a fence at my parents home covered in lantana. Memories of this lantana fence are so very vivid for one reason; butterflies. The lantana always seemed to be flowering and always seemed to attract butterflies, lots of butterflies. I can distinctly remember at least 5 different unique species […]
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Going back over some old underwater images I saw an opportunity to re-edit an old favourite of four seahorses taken under Edithburgh Jetty. I at the time I was all precious about maintaining aspect ratio in all my images. Since then I have let that go and now crop and proportion as I see fit. […]
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What to do with green tomatoes? We could fry them or roast them. I’ve read they make great chutney or even go with eggs benedict. I might add them to a lentil stew or create a sweet and savory jam with a difference. Or perhaps we’ll just let them ripen into bright juicy red globes […]
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Prowling the sandy bottom between the sea-grass beds of Rapid Bay, the carnivorous undulate volute (Amoria undulata) is on the hunt for other mollusks. Up close that beautiful spiral shell reminds me of cinnamon scrolls while from a distance a tiny Dyson vacuum cleaner. Volutes were plentiful during our recent night dive under Rapid Bay […]
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What a super cute way to herald in a New Year of diving; my first ever sighting of a short-head seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps at Rapid Bay. There is no reason why I should not have seen a seahorse under Rapid Bay Jetty in the hundreds of dives I have enjoyed here. I just haven’t. Even […]
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