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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Cold Colour
It’s cold in the water down down here but there is no shortage of colour on the hull of the Seawolf and every reason to keep on diving through the South Australian winter. One thing the cold does is to keep our dives quite short. Not long after reaching the sand and beginning the swim […]
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The colours on the sunken hull of the Seawolf off of Port Noarlunga are are just stunning. But at 15-20 meters down without bringing your own light you might be disappointed in the almost monochrome blue green landscape. In the light of my strobes or a super bright torch you’ll see reds, and purples, and […]
Read MoreThe Sad Tale of the Dorothy H. Sterling
Her life was so short, not even ten years since her timber hull and six proud masts came together in the shipyards of Portland, Oregon, USA. She never fell victim to tide nor reef nor storm and in 1929 dutifully delivered her last cargo of oregon pine to South Australia. She had fallen victim to […]
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