Aussie diving - June 2012

[bowlofpetunias]

One of our dive buddies just got back from that trip. Nice shots of the Great Whites.

The octopus is Common Sydney Octopus. Mark Norman states in A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish Octopuses of Australia "It is easily identified in the field by it's white eye" The orange arms are also ID points. We see a fair number of these. They can get quite large and are good at colour changes and large papillae which they raise to produce a spiked appearance.

 

[bfowles]

I managed to get a dive in on Sunday. I was expecting poor visibility due to the poor weather all week but the viz was surprisingly not that bad.


mosaic-leatherjacket-eubalichthys-mosaicus by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


tambja-verconis by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr



sharp-tailed-centiped-paridotea-ungulata by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr

 

[bowlofpetunias]

Love the shots bf.. so where are you from in OZ.. where do you dive mostly?

 

[bfowles]

Love the shots bf.. so where are you from in OZ.. where do you dive mostly?

Thanks, I live in Melbourne so do most of my diving in Port Phillip Bay, but the last couple of years I have been going to Indonesia (my wife is indonesian) so I do a lot of dives while I am there as well.

 

[bowlofpetunias]

Do you know Sas then? We went to Melbourne last year to dive with Sas. Burna and crew. Loved the pier dives there! We didn't manage to see a Tasseled Angler but got some great dives. It is interesting the things you consdier common place we get excited about.. the things you consider exciting we consider common place! LOL all about where you live and the native critters hmm?

 

[bfowles]

I haven't met Sas, but if you come back down again there are at least 3 tassled anglers at blairgowrie at the moment. I did a night dive on Saturday night at blairgowrie, 2 and a quarter hours in 12 degree Celsius water. My toes and fingers were numb at the end.


dumpling-squid-digging-hole by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


maxillicosta-scabriceps by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr


pair-noumea-aureopunctata by Byron.Fowles, on Flickr

 

[ferris213]

dumpling-squid-digging-hole by Byron.Fowles,

Incredible shots, really great stuff.

 

[bfowles]

Thanks

 

[bowlofpetunias]

They had seen a Tassled Anger but it was in hiding when we were there. We dived Portsea, Rye, Blairgowri (x2), Morninginton Piers. Really enjoyed the dives. The Tassled was supposed to be at Blarigowri