<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I came across this pair of cuttlefish hovering over the broken bottom under Rapid Bay Jetty. At first I thought they might be juvenile giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama) but as I watched I started to wonder if they were already full grown. After some research and further deliberations I’ve decided the … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Anyone who has seen the movie ‘Life of Pi’ will be familiar with the gorgeous golden tones the producer has rendered into some of the cinematic sequences. It reminded me of how the ‘golden hour’ has become almost sacred to me in terms of filling the world with the most gorgeous … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The sunset photographers were out in force tonight down here at Henley Beach. What started out as a promising spectacular sunset with the sun periodically bursting forth from rents in the cloudy western sky soon proved to be a little less than hoped for. There was just too much cloud and … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I have now seen three difference species of ray down at a Rapid Bay over the last few days. This guy is a masked stingaree (Trygonoptera personata) and although common to South Australian coastal waters was not actually recognised as a unique species until relatively recently, in fact, about the same … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Over the last month I have been following the progress of a brooding Tasseled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) with a clutch of eggs. I have been quite wrong about hatching timing with my first prediction being the last week of October. Finally the little guys are hatching and on this dive I … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Our local Southern Calamari, Sepioteuthis australis, are amazing creatures able to change their body colour at will to match the surrounds. During a moonless night however their chromatophores attempt to match the darkness and saturate with all kinds of intense colours. The moment you hit them with a a flash of … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Inside this ‘Disneyland like’ structure is Cavalia, I am told one of the greatest horse shows ever! Also inside the tent is the rest of my beautiful family reveling in the experience. So why are they on the inside and me on the outside? Now I am asking myself that very … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Today I did the rounds again checking up on my expecting anglerfish and leafy sea dragon and keeping up with the general comings and goings under Rapid Bay Jetty. While I was down there a school of Six-spined Leatherjacket (Meuschenia freycineti) decided to make me their leader and follow me around. … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" A few days ago there were four baby Tasseled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) in this location. When I came back and saw only one my first thought was that something had taken (eaten) them. Now that I have the image on the screen it is clear that they have ‘hatched’ and left … Read more