It was not meant to be a Rapid Bay night dive. It was not even meant to be a dusk dive but in the end it was a race against the light. As our days are as short as they will be for the year it is easy to get caught out not planning an […]
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Author: robert
Cruise On
Yesterday we said our last goodbyes to an extraordinary man who in his short 51 years touched the hearts, minds and souls of everyone who came to know him. To me, Kym was a childhood buddy, my very first real friend (not including family and neighbours), having met when I was five years old and […]
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Rising Star
Back in the water, it’s dropped to a chilly 15 degrees and will be heading further down from there through winter and into spring. Despite the cold it is good to be diving again after too long on dry land and it was great to see all the usual undersea suspects again including this red […]
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The Rock After Dark
There’s a short time twenty to thirty minutes after sunset where something magical happens to Uluru. The combination of darkening sky and the spreading yellow glow of the horizon lights the land in a deep orange glow and makes the rock look like it’s glowing from within. So many people had packed up and headed […]
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Desert Grace
I remember once hearing an old Polynesian saying, ‘The gods do not deduct from man’s allotted span the hours spent in fishing’. I am certain that there also exists the same grace when taking the time to watch the sun fall through the changing colours of the darkening horizon into evening twilight. For a time […]
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