Of my many different diving experiences here in Ireland, the most profound would have to be depth. My previous South Australian dives averaged 15 meters, now off the coast of Kerry, it’s more like 35. With these depths come the loss of light, the loss of colour and the urgency of time. Below 30m, especially […]
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This image has been 122 years in the making, 113 of those quietly resting on the sea floor off the South Australian York Peninsula. Forty souls lost their lives that fateful night back in 1909, more than two thirds of her crew. The SS Clan Ranald is one of my all time favourite South Australian […]
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Somewhere above that lifeline leads to a tiny little boat waiting in a vast ocean for us to return to light, to air and eventually to dry land again. To divers this is a familiar experience. Follow the rope down, experience an ever so brief encounter with life on a wreck, a reef or just […]
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Here, several kilometres off the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula lies the wreck of the ex-HMAS Hobart. It is a treasured gift to divers local and from elsewhere alike. She’s not that old but has made this spot hers as if she had always been here. The Hobart “is big, really big. You just won’t […]
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Diving during the transition into twilight is a strange and beautiful sensation. It sneaks up on you stealthily like a high cloud creeping across the sun. At first I am simply aware of a change in mood. Some fish become scarce while others, more at home in the dark places of the sea come out […]
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