I found this beautiful mineral specimen recently while exploring the historic Barossa Goldfields. The most obvious thing about this mineral specimen is of course the gold but when I thought about it a little more I realised that symbolically the ironstone and quartz represented perhaps the real value. Without iron the world would have been […]
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Bright neon signage. A deep blue starless sky. Reds, greens and golden masonry. No lights on. The Stamford Grand Hotel in Glenelg almost looks abandoned but is really jumping at ground level. Just goes to show a picture can hide as well as it can reveal. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘The Stamford Grand’, 1/50s f/4 ISO1600 […]
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Sultana Point Lodge where we stay in Edithburgh has a long history from the early 1900s as a holiday boarding house to more recently being a beautifully renovated and cosy retreat for divers and non divers who just like get away for a while. While relaxing one evening with cameras at hand my friend Gavin […]
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This bizarre looking sea sponge in the sea grass beds off Edithburgh Jetty reminds me of a a cross between a diseased heart and a human brain. It really does look like something that has been recently extracted from an animal and dumped on the ocean floor. Oddly enough this strange looking form is actually […]
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The last time I saw one of these critters was also on a post midnight night dive under Edithburgh Jetty a few months ago. This time however the conditions were a little more inviting without the 15knot onshore winds. As always there was plenty to see and make the effort worthwhile. Nudibranchs, also known as […]
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