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This weekend was really warm (around 38C). Sunday moring, we decided sea breezes would be best and went for a fishing (with snorkeling to cool off) trip with Ross’s brother out on the bay. We had (mostly) pretty exciting fishing and landed several snapper but all were just slightly too small for keeping. We ended [...]

I enjoy fishing but Sunday morning I saw some of the side-effects and I didn’t feel so good about it. We were diving at Rye … … (which we had meant to do as a night dive the previous evening but TORRENTIAL rain made setting up equipment a less fun prospect, not to mention the [...]

Thursday we packed the car to the brim with camping and diving things and drove down to Queenscliff.

This weekend we went West. We camped at Port Campbell on Friday night, waking up in torrential rain (and today the tent will be subjected to seam sealer :o/ ) After some breakfast, during which we got soaked through to our pants it brightened up and clifftop walking was done. Hence pretty pictures (the one [...]

Saturday we did a shore dive at Rye pier with Louis and Elanor. Just a quick dive to check that my ears were behaving properly after the month-long sinus infection from hell (well, a storm drain actually, but whatever). After, we launched the ‘Silver Swan’ (David’s tinny) and headed out into the bay. After some [...]

Thursday night (Dec 29th) Ross and I picked up dive gear and headed down to the beach for the New Year. We did a couple of fantastic dives. Friday night we dived under the Rye Pier and saw heaps of seahorses, dumpling squid and sand octopus and also, the highlight of the week, a blue [...]

We left Melbourne Saturday morning, October 22nd, and drove down to Phillip Island. Though it was overcast when we left, by late morning the sky had cleared. We took a few short walks at Rhyll inlet where the smell of the sea birds was a most noticeable aspect of their presence. We then took a [...]