It’s such a conundrum for me diving here at Port Hughes with both gorgeous mega and macro photography opportunities. I love big underwater vistas, so almost always I will go wide angle in the hope of capturing the huge schools of scad amid soft coral-adorned pylons. On occasion I have dived with divers carrying two […]
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Underneath Port Hughes jetty there is a school of yellowtail scad, the scale of which rivals any location in South Australia I’ve ever dived. I distinctly remember my very first dive here many years ago and how it took my breath away. This is one of those locations full of amazing tiny creatures which draw […]
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Yesterday was my first time back in the water here in South Australia this year, and boy did I experience a juxtaposition of diving worlds. From an Irish winter off the south-west coast of Kerry, where 9-degree water was the warmest place to be, to an Adelaide heatwave in the low to mid-40s and an […]
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I always wondered why you had to travel North to find and catch the delicacy we grew up with, the Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus). Living on the coast in South Australia you have to travel thousands of kilometers to the west or to the east before you can start following the coastline heading north. […]
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A pale blue sky, whimsical clouds, a grey horizon, flat water and a long white jetty out to sea made for perfect diving at Port Hughes. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Nice Day for A White Jetty’ 1/100s f/11 ISO100 17mm
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