Aussie diving, 8th Oct to 14th Oct

[bowlofpetunias]

:blinking: Thanks Sas... but I was just lucky.... right place right time...

Some people wonder why we dive Bare Island so much they think it could be boring I don't get it... there is so much to see... several diffenent dive sites. It always has surprises.... we've seen Seals, turtles, whales, breeding PJ's all sorts of kewl stuff. I love knowing were fish hang out, their territories and watching the way things change.

:blinking: I was watching some golden crested weedfish in a kelp bed for a while. Storms came in and the Kelp bed was torn up and they disappeared. Now we are watching the area change again. It is such an amazing environment down there.

 

[almitywife]

Shelia, we didnt dive BI for YEARS for a while. hubby and i talked about it and we figured it was because our training dives were there and all we saw was lots of sand so there was little reason to come back

it was only once we talked to other divers about where we should dive that we gave it another try.... and was blown away by what we saw!

 

[bowlofpetunias]

:dance2:Absolutely! I took my first two training dives there too... over the sand for skills.... I was amazed to find out how much it has to offer. I love Inscription Point and enjoy diving other Sydney sites too but Bare Island has it all! It is also so central, easy to get to and parking is not usually a problem and no fee for it!

:blinking:I really want to convince the guys to do the land wall and check for the banded cleaner shrimp.... no one seems to like the landwall but there is a massive school of old wives towards Frenchmans Bay.....

 

[almitywife]

btw, have you seen the army shells and cannon balls at BI??

 

[bowlofpetunias]

:blinking: Yep seen the shells.... and the admiralty anchor but cannon balls?????

We did a tour of the Fort a while ago when we couldn't dive..... the tour guide didn't know about the army shells! They don't seem to know much about the stuff in the water there

Greg and I found a very old survey mark on the rocks at Inscription Point that the staff at the Discovery Centre didn't know about. Greg hasn't been able to track down the info on it through his resources at work either... Very old mark... would be interesting to know more about it

Sydney is such an amazing place! and so many options for diving

 

[almitywife]

finally got some pics of our last dive from hubby

freaky moray pics

 

[Sas]

Nice pics almitywife! They have such weird noses...

I got out for a night dive last night to Portsea Pier... but still waiting on pics (got back too late for my buddy to swap them onto my PC) We found *tonnes* of weedies, all little ones too so believe they were juveniles. Actually there were heaps of babies around - puffers and leatherjackets mainly. They were adorable as they were like the adults but just miniature

The viz was pretty great, as we could see a far way with the torches, but the surge was particularly strong, I got seasick towards the end of the dive actually.

This weekend I am doing a journey to Port Welshpool, about three hours away from Melbourne to do seagrass monitoring on a boat for Parks Victoria. Not sure what it will involve yet but will be nice to dive somewhere completely different to normal.

 

[bowlofpetunias]

Kudos to Almity1... great shots. I think I know that moray! Seems he posed for a fair few shots!:shocked2:

 

[bowlofpetunias]

Nice pics almitywife! They have such weird noses...

I got out for a night dive last night to Portsea Pier... but still waiting on pics (got back too late for my buddy to swap them onto my PC) We found *tonnes* of weedies, all little ones too so believe they were juveniles. Actually there were heaps of babies around - puffers and leatherjackets mainly. They were adorable as they were like the adults but just miniature

The viz was pretty great, as we could see a far way with the torches, but the surge was particularly strong, I got seasick towards the end of the dive actually.

This weekend I am doing a journey to Port Welshpool, about three hours away from Melbourne to do seagrass monitoring on a boat for Parks Victoria. Not sure what it will involve yet but will be nice to dive somewhere completely different to normal.

It's alway great to give something back for the environment we enjoy so much!

When you mention the weedies ... how big are they? I love watching the juveniles grow and develop their territories.

Have you seen leaffies?..... I want to see a leaffy seadragon... on my bucket list!:blinking:

 

[Sas]

It's alway great to give something back for the environment we enjoy so much!

When you mention the weedies ... how big are they? I love watching the juveniles grow and develop their territories.

Have you seen leaffies?..... I want to see a leaffy seadragon... on my bucket list!:blinking:

Oh I found out yesterday night Sunday is cancelled cos of the weather They will run another seagrass trip soon though so I will go on that again. We have booked on the Coogee wreck as the weather this side is a lot better. I have not dived before, so that should be cool.

The weedies, I think they would be between 10-20cm. My friend says they are probably a couple months old as they hatch around August. Haven't seen any leafies either! They don't really live in Victoria though a few people have seen them in Flinders Pier! Would love to see them one day too. Seen them at the Aquarium though but I guess that does not count. They're really very beautiful!