This weekend we decided to stay snorkelling at Ricketts Point mostly. As always, the best laid plans, didn’t quite go the way we hoped. On the Saturday we decided to …
I’ve put up a series of links on the webpage for Melbourne snorkelling, wind & webcams. These are the pages I most commonly look at to assess conditions the day …
You may not have heard of Budj Bim (pronounced ‘Boodgie Bim’) as it was only declared a World Heritage Area in 2019. So, what is Budji Bim? What am I …
I saw a female Widebody Pipefish at Quiet Corner this week and thought you might like a bit of advice on telling this and Spotted Pipefish apart. Identifying Spotted and …
How bad is pollution in Port Phillip Bay? I wonder why Melburnians are not more concerned about the impact of sewage spills in Port Phillip Bay? Because every day I …
Came across this Short-tailed Nudibranch at Fossil Beach, Beaumaris. It was only in about 50cm of water. These are among our commonest seen nudibranchs (a type of sea slug), probably …
This week, 320 global companies, prepare to embark on accounting for nature in their annual reports. Accounting for nature, wildlife and climate, is soon to become a mainstay of corporate …
Dropped into the water to do a Quiet Corner snorkel this morning. This is part of Ricketts Point Marine Park but you enter from opposite Centre Road. We stayed south …
Today I saw something I’ve never seen before. I was swimming at Table Rock inside the Rickett’s Point Marine Sanctuary when I found an abalone lying upside down. What was …
