I just want to share with everyone a "Blue Planet" experience in my own backyard. Several times a year, tens of thousands of spider crabs, Leptomithrax gaimardii gather at various locations around Port Phillip Bay. It is believed as a precursor to pairing off and mating but no-one knows for sure. This is not a seasonal event, it can happen anytime. So it is hard to tell divers prepared to travel when to come.
Mary
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About Me
I learnt to dive in 1983 at the age of 19. Eighteen months later I bought a Nikonos 3. I don't change systems often, since then I have had two Nikonos 5, two Nikon 801s, one Nikon F90 and now a Nikon D200 all in Nexus housings. That's seven cameras in 24 years. And I still have three of them. I was the first to buy a Nexus in Australia.
I live 5 minutes from the Queenscliff boat ramp. This gives me access to Australia's best diving... Victoria's Port Phillip Heads.
Too many divers confuse good diving with good conditions. The Heads can be cold or dirty, or both, but it is always dynamic.
Thanks for visiting
Mary
I live 5 minutes from the Queenscliff boat ramp. This gives me access to Australia's best diving... Victoria's Port Phillip Heads.
Too many divers confuse good diving with good conditions. The Heads can be cold or dirty, or both, but it is always dynamic.
Thanks for visiting
Mary
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Thousands of spider crabs gather yet again
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