Frev went on the inaugural Sunreef ‘Survey Dive’ on 17th December 2023 just off Mudjimba Island. The weather was very hot and humid and a light NE breeze was blowing with a small short period swell. The max depth we got to was around 8m, so Kev was able to […]
Continue ReadingSome of the beautiful birds spotted in the Wetland at Bokarina, including this gorgeous Black Shouldered Kite that I have never seen before.
Continue ReadingThis was our first dive at the newly named Nurse Rock, I think it’s also known as Wolf Rock. I was very surprised at how busy the boat was. We had two drops, the first was a bit of a schmozzle where we didn’t even see any sharks, but the […]
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22 July 2023 So Frev are getting to the point where they need to go diving every so often, just to feed the addiction. They were so cold on their previous dive on the Brissie, so had purchased hoodies afterwards, so this was the test to see if they worked, […]
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We visited Chalkies Beach on our first full day, on a catamaran which also took us to Whitehaven Beach. Plum Pudding Island is a small island between the northern ends of Hamilton and Dent Islands with a small and vibrant reef surrounding it. A highlight here was the beautiful Phyllidiid […]
Continue ReadingAs I wrote briefly about in my Bruny Island entry, we observed fossils on our last day of walking on the Cape Queen Elizabeth track. Having looked into this more closely, I believe these are paleodictyon fossils. See the wikipedia entry here, and the pbs youtube video about them here. […]
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Frev were joined by close friends for a walking trip with Parktreks to Bruny Island, a trip that always seemed to be in the distant future, but now was suddenly upon us. The four of us travelled to Brisbane Airport together from the Sunshine Coast to catch our earlyish flight […]
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I took these photos using my 24-105mm lense, they seem to have come out ok but I really wish I’d had my 100mm macro lense and tripod as these funghi were enchanting. All the photos were taken in a temperate rain forest near Adventure Bay called the Mavista Trail.
Continue ReadingSafety stop Ab ‘n’ Fran snorkeling Elley admiring the Blue Green Chromis amongst the Digitalis coral Fran admiring the Potato Coral field Elley over the Potato Coral field at Sawa i Lau
Continue ReadingSchool of Blue Green Chromis in their digitata coral house Reeftop Pipefish Fiji Anenome fish on the defensive Fiji Anenome fish on the defensive Fiji Anenome fish on the defensive, whats the black fish at bottom right? Possibly a Charcoal Damsel? Fiji Anenome fish on the defensive Spot the little […]
Continue ReadingFrev dived with Blue Tortuga Adventures. The water was still cool so we wore our hoodies for the two dives. I was a bit disappointed with the vis, but it could have been worse. There were quite a few Stonefish and Red Lionfish so we had to be a bit […]
