With no one able to make it out on rock over the weekend and not feeling like a solo mission I was at a bit of a loose end. Typing up my finds from earlier in the week Lisa headed down to the beach for her weekly bob with the Peppy Plungers. Sending me imagesContinue reading “Who’s watching who”
Category Archives: Swimming with the fish
Bad hair days
I’ve said it before but it has been somewhat of a shocker of a snorkelling season, which I now say with a pinch of salt. I had to search through my images to help with this post. While it is true that I have not been in the water anywhere near as much as usual,Continue reading “Bad hair days”
The moon and stars
One of my favourite lines from any film is ‘keep to the road, stay clear of the moors, and beware of the full moon’. And in case you are not aware of the flick, it comes from the early 80s classic ‘An American Werewolf in London’. This came out a couple of years before MichaelContinue reading “The moon and stars”
Dusting off
My last post of a dive was over six weeks back; an unusual abstinence for watery activities for this time of year. Up until March the image library for each successive year would normally be filled with more underwater than above water imagery. I did have a sneaky snorkel a week after the last oneContinue reading “Dusting off”
One day at a time
All good things must come to an end, and the shutdown at work finished last week meaning tomorrow it’ll be back to the grind. Before that happens there was time today for another dive, this time with Geoff and his usual partner in crime Benny. They tend to head out to fish or hunt crays,Continue reading “One day at a time”
Taking a punt
Our mornings on the big day have certainly changed over time, the manic excitement when Elseya was young has long gone. Now it is more likely the house will be quiet until way after my usual wake up time. So before the rituals of the day, which still hold fast, began Lisa and I tookContinue reading “Taking a punt”
Surrounded
Still trying to be sensible, I passed up a chance of scaling the stiff and technical granite walls at Welly Dam for a second weekend. Hoping instead the ocean conditions would be in my favour, however Saturday morning came in a bit breezy. Good enough for Lisa’s bob but sadly too choppy to contemplate aContinue reading “Surrounded”
The wild west
This was an on again off again weekend away, and that was several times over. In part because it is getting to silly season, and places are booking up rapidly. We were however keen for a night away, and eventually found a spot to our liking. With a stinker of a weekend, predicated to beContinue reading “The wild west”
School’s Out
Having mentioned just a week or two back that the water conditions have been pretty awful, I really hoped that would soon change. Being in need of another activity to fill my outdoor time. To both provide the opportunity to see, and share the wonders of nature. It’s finally hotting up, to the point thatContinue reading “School’s Out”
The right conditions
Encouraged by yesterday’s ocean conditions, which had finally settled down to what we would normally expect it be like, I decided to walk past the point to the more intact reefs. I could have driven. A sand bar had formed across the Capel River mouth. as usually happens during the low rainfall period of theContinue reading “The right conditions”
Sandbagged 