It might 12 degrees in the water but winter diving in South Australia is worth a little chilly inconvenience. Today we headed out to the wreck of ‘The South Australian’, a.k.a ‘The Dredge’ and pretty much had the wreck all to ourselves. Visibility was very good at 10 meters, as it often is in winter, […]
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Perfect Isolation
There are many pursuits that we can share in preparation and in nostalgia. Facebook messages to plan. Phone calls to confirm. Social media banter for anticipation. A history of shared experiences underpinning it all. On the day though; under the sea; away from the sky, the land, and the precious air to which we will […]
Read MoreThe Longest Five Minutes
It is good practice as a diver to perform a safety stop at the end of every dive even if your calculations or your computer tell you it is safe to ascend. Generally I’ll spend five minutes at five meters after a twenty meter dive but sometimes it seems that that five minutes takes longer […]
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Yesterday I took a step back in time to dive with a bunch of mates I have not dived with for more than decade. I’ll write more about my experience in another post but for now here is one of the critters we discovered lazing on the deck of the barge (the wreck of the […]
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