Picaninnie Ponds on "Postcards"

Click on these images to enlarge the details. keep clicking to enlarge them even more. There haven't been many postings to this blog as of late because I've been busy posting to other blogs & sites, such as my shark blog, shipwreck blog & SA Scuba Diving Site. Channel 9 TV's "Postcards" program recently featured a report about diving in Picaninnie Ponds, near Port MacDonnell. Details can be found at http://www.postcards-sa.com.au/features2010/piccaninnie_ponds_secret.html . These images can also been found there.

CLOSED SEASON FOR ROCK LOBSTERS IN SA WATERS

Please note that the 2010-11 Southern Zone rock lobster season will now re-open on 1st November. It will now run from 6am on 1st November 2010 until 6pm on 30th April 2011. It seems that the 2010-11 Northern Zone rock lobster season will also re-open (at 12noon) on 1st November still, although it normally runs until 6pm on 31st May (2011).

"Wik" photographic website - "Steve's Shots"

I am in the process of setting up a "Wik" photographic website called "Steve's Shots" at http://www.wix.com/SteveReynolds/Steves-Shots?gu%5Fid=13dc92c4%2D60b1%2D48c5%2Db58a%2Df4e644d700c4&orgDocID=Bo%3B%5FHz%5FExUM%2Da&experiment%5Fid=empty&partner%5Fid=WMGs4POB1ko%2Da&wixComputerID=jout8rskz5y3lT4qKF1xnwri0neJDANDrr1ysqTclKc8dbl8fyiTChfaKjzxV%2Bjy3fRkFwMnHXHPXnMbAHtjcg%3D%3D&wsess (http://www.wix.com/SteveReynolds/Steves-Shots). Please bear with me whilst I build up this site to something worthwhile.

SA wreck mooring buoys still not replaced

Star of Greece wreck

I understand that the mooring buoys missing from both the Norma and the Star of Greece wrecks have still not been replaced yet. It is hoped that the DEH will soon do the right thing.

INFESTATION OF JAPANESE KELP IN APOLLO BAY

The invasive Japanese Kelp, which had become widely established in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, has now started to become established inside Apollo Bay Harbour.

Dismay over Sunday Mail's promotion of SA restaurant selling shark fin soup

On April 18th, Adelaide's Sunday Mail ran a 2-page spread about a local restaurant selling a seafood soup of which shark fin was a main ingredient. Residents of Adelaide responded beautifully, with the 1st response to the item on the AdelaideNow website being posted 1st thing Sunday morning. Many of SA's divers & scientists have now expressed their dismay. There had been some 150 responses within a few days, several of them coming from overseas. My own response read: - "Clearly the Sunday Mail has overstepped the mark by promoting shark fin soup in this era. I'm glad to see that Adelaide has responded en masse. But this is not the end of the matter. It will be brought to the attention of a wider audience which expected to express its dismay in a huge way." Dive Log magazine & SportDiving magazine have offered to make a stand against the Mail's thoughtlessness in promoting both the restaurant and the meal. The page 24 article can also be read at http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/food-wine/soup-of-the-day-for-450/story-e6fref5u-1225854379693. Be sure to study the numerous responses to the article.

WETSUITS FOR SALE

Craig Mattiske from Coromandel Valley is asking for $150 each for two wet suits that he has for sale. Both are 7mm 2-piece (1 male, 1 female). They are both in good condition. They are both small size – sml mens & sml womens. Craig used to be a slim 179cms (5' 10 1/2") and his wife was a slim 163cm (5'4"). Contact Craig at mattiske4@adam.com.au. Photos of both suits can be found at http://sites.google.com/site/sascubadivingsite/ian-s-page .