Photo Of The Week – Ornate Cowfish, Edithburgh

This week’s photo, an Ornate Cowfish, was taken today at yet again my favourite shore dive, Edithburgh Jetty. Aracana ornata, inhabits shallow protected waters of the Eastern Indian Ocean including Australian waters from Western Australia to Western Victoria and Tasmania. When feeding, they often blow a jet of water out of their mouths into the … Read more

Tube Knapping

So, you want to grab some “Tube” do you?!! Look for… “/player2.swf?video_id=FPejYdBM11I&l=241&t=OEgsToPDskLx8rDtCBpSJsXwHO3kFeM2&nc=6724044” Then use… http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=prolonged_video_identification_code so you get… http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=FPejYdBM11I&l=241&t=OEgsToPDskLx8rDtCBpSJsXwHO3kFeM2&nc=6724044 🙂

This Week’s Photo, European Fan Worm

This week’s photo, Sabella spallanzanii, commonly known as the European Fan Worm, was taken yesterday on the wreck of “The Norma” off of North Haven. This animal is an invader to Australian waters! First found here in 1965 in Albany Harbour in WA, it is now a wide spread pest throughout Australia’s southern coastal waters. … Read more

Of Batteries And Beta Testing

This little story actually began more than two years ago when I purchased a gen03 Subaru. I was delighted in everything about the vehicle, well almost everything. The poor excuse for a car battery that Subaru saw fit to include looked like it was going to cause grief, … and it proved me right! During … Read more

Photo Of The Week – Pylon, Edithburgh

This week’s photo, a simple jetty pylon, was taken last month again at my favourite shore dive, Edithburgh Jetty. You can easily spend an entire dive here just on a single jetty pylon. Countless varieties of ascidians, algeas, hard corals, soft corals, crabs, shrimp, scallops, fish and even the odd black cowrie will reward your … Read more