Some South Australian scuba divers love doing it on the bottom! That’s where all the benthic action happens and is a treasure trove of sights and wonders most missed by pelagic divers. Here on the bottom amid the sponges and ascidians a world of macro activity is constantly taking place. In this image a grazing … Read more
We were treated to an amazing laser light show, ‘Monochord’, while in Melbourne for the June long weekend. Monochord is the work of laser and audio artist Robin Fox who states that there no deeper artistic messages here other than “it’s just really cool”. And yes I agree as it created an extraordinary Yarra River … Read more
A diver’s watch was once that life preserving instrument that made sure we did not spend too long underwater and risk a life threatening diving injury on our return to the surface. Big names in watches like Blancpain, Rolex and Seiko led the way from the early 1950’s creating reliable ‘tool’ watches that divers could … Read more
Actually it’s Autumn in Edithburgh when I captured this image but I won’t tell if you don’t. We spend a bit of time every year in this idyllic seaside town and almost always there is a yacht or two moored in the bay. I’d been debating with myself as to the merit of showing this … Read more
Here, several kilometres off the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula lies the wreck of the ex-HMAS Hobart. It is a treasured gift to divers local and from elsewhere alike. She’s not that old but has made this spot hers as if she had always been here. The Hobart “is big, really big. You just won’t … Read more
Back in Autumn before the winter rains settled in and the sun was still shining, Andy and I took the boat down to dive the beautiful but infamous Aldinga Reef. It was one of those special flat calm days when the universe seems to just say, enjoy. Schools of trevally followed us around the drop-off. … Read more
Here’s a follow up to my last image that may interest a few of my my technically inclined friends. Not long after I received this stopwatch I watched it stop! And it stayed stopped. I’d peeked inside by opening the cashback a few times to admire that vintage Valjoux 330 movement but now it was … Read more
Before I ever thought about watches, I wanted a stopwatch! I tried my hand at swimming competatively as a child and that hallowed silver object with its white dial and its accusatory hands would make or break me every time it was used. On race days it was amazing to see someone standing at the … Read more
They say of marine life that if you can’t eat it or it’s got no practical use then it will never get anything other than a scientific name. Well I have a third reason, being spiked by a sea urchin and needing something pronounceable to swear at! The long-spine urchin, Centrostephanus tenuispinus, is actually quite … Read more