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[Travelgal]

Had an awesome dive in Sydney today. At Kurnell which is in Botany Bay. I was a shore dive with the Almities. Critters we saw
1) Octopus hiding in a hole
2) Cuttlefish (YES Paula. It was real this time!!!)
3) 4 different kinds of nudies
4) Frog fish (though we call it something different because it didn't look like the frog fishes I'm used to.) It was so cute. It was gray and hiding under a rock
5) Portuguese Man of War
6) Big blue grouper (or as the Aussies say Groper)
7) Scorpion fish
8) Snowy Valute
9) Conspicuous starfish
10) and the star of the show. A weedy sea dragon. I was shocked at how big it was. About 10 inches long. I am so used to teeny tiny sea horses.

I sooo wanted to go to the Yongola. Too bad I didn't know those dudes were going to go but I had already booked my flight to Sydney

Sounds like you had a great time! Hope somehow you have a picture of the Weedy Dragon!

[georoc01]

I put my videos of the Shark Attract on YouTube - last link includes the Moray coming out to join, watch carefully for the little cleaner that jumps right into the Moray's mouth!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khXoA_xiiEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afrSHEjaO_0

Thanks Mark..Now I can share video that shows I was there! I forgot that you videotaped us sitting there at the dive site.

[Travelgal]

Thanks for those great videos Mark! Nice to be able to share those with dive buddies who missed out on the trip!

[dobemanunder]

Thanks Mark now I can show the grandboys about the sharks.

Great diving with you and everyone else;I'm sure we'll dive again soon.

Dobemanunder

[Basslet]

I put my videos of the Shark Attract on YouTube - last link includes the Moray coming out to join, watch carefully for the little cleaner that jumps right into the Moray's mouth!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khXoA_xiiEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afrSHEjaO_0

Thanks Mark. Way cool.

Today I saw a really big cuttlefish, maybe a foot or so long and a wobegon shark. Awesome. Then the Almity's dive shop had their Xmas BBQ. What a blast. Tonight we're going out for Chinese with Almitywife's family then tomm. I bid farewell to this fair land.

[Wildcard]

All Y'all missed out on some of the highlights after ya left with Jodi and Andrew! I will not divuldge these here unter threat of painfull death....
Andrew and I both dumped all our pics and videos onto Jodis puter before sadly departing ways two days ago. She promised to make them available.
I'm back in cairns. Thought i was leaving today and unlike Tom, I was up early for my flight only to find I have two more days here! Yea! The casino will pay.......
I had a great time everyone!

[WreckWench]

All Y'all missed out on some of the highlights after ya left with Jodi and Andrew! I will not divuldge these here unter threat of painfull death....
Andrew and I both dumped all our pics and videos onto Jodis puter before sadly departing ways two days ago. She promised to make them available.
I'm back in cairns. Thought i was leaving today and unlike Tom, I was up early for my flight only to find I have two more days here! Yea! The casino will pay.......
I had a great time everyone!

Hey finding out you have 2 more days is MUCH better than finding out you overstayed! Sounds like a great trip...now start spilling your guts...we need more details!!!

[WreckWench]

I put my videos of the Shark Attract on YouTube - last link includes the Moray coming out to join, watch carefully for the little cleaner that jumps right into the Moray's mouth!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khXoA_xiiEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afrSHEjaO_0

Thanks Mark! Can you also forward them to shadragon so he can get them uploaded on our site? Some people's computers block youtube so we'd like to have them on SD as well! You can email them to admin@singledivers.com and either Simon and/or George will upload them for you!

And that applies for anyone else who has great video or photos that they want uploaded. Simon will help us!

[WreckWench]

Hey everyone...the trip photo gallery is empty...

Please post a few pictures!


I know they have to be loaded one by one...just like you took them but Shadragon will help you to uplaod more if you want help in uploading them. Simply send the pics to admin@singledivers.com and he will upload them for you!

And if you need the link to the trip gallery...here it is!

[Capn Jack]

Thanks Mark! Can you also forward them to shadragon so he can get them uploaded on our site? Some people's computers block youtube so we'd like to have them on SD as well! You can email them to admin@singledivers.com and either Simon and/or George will upload them for you!

I'll need some help here. My email limits the size of attachments, and each of these is in the hundreds of megabytes.

If someone has an FTP server available, that would be the way to go.

[dobemanunder]

Bikiniman the wardrobe must have gone to your head.I distinctly remember that only one of us left the Casino with winnings and he didnt cross dress.

The grandboys need proof I dove with sharks: where did you post the video??

Great diving with you we have to do it again soon.Our dive boys on the Nimrod said it was a shame I didnt do any deep dives on the trip LOL

Remember if you pass thru LA you can have a room anytime.

Dobemanunder

[Wildcard]

Bikiniman the wardrobe must have gone to your head.I distinctly remember that only one of us left the Casino with winnings and he didnt cross dress.

The grandboys need proof I dove with sharks: where did you post the video??

Great diving with you we have to do it again soon.Our dive boys on the Nimrod said it was a shame I didnt do any deep dives on the trip LOL

Remember if you pass thru LA you can have a room anytime.

Dobemanunder

Yea, that was a real shame no one went for a deco dive
I took the casino for $400 yesterday! I felt bad thou and went back today and gave it all back to them
If I would have pulled my head out I would have drove to go see the rock or something. We drove down and dove Ungala, rated one of the top 10 dives in the world. Who rates these things? The dive was very good but the dive outfit sucked! I knew it was a bad sign when we pulled up and there boat was sitting on the ground off it's trailer. It just went down hill from there. The refused to give my my inst discount because, get this, I didn't have NEXT years decal on my card! The topper was them refusing to give me a handfull of ice out of the fridge because I didn't buy it....
Now I need my wayward AOW student to do here paperwork , hint hint...
My pics will be posted when I get back to AK, after teh first.
Gret trip y'all

[Big O]

To all of those who paid better attention during the dive briefs than I did, what was the name of Steve's Brommie before it was named Steve's brommie? Remember they said the previous name was moved to another site? What was Steve's Brommie before it became Steves Brommie?

Dave

[Fordan]

To all of those who paid better attention during the dive briefs than I did, what was the name of Steve's Brommie before it was named Steve's brommie? Remember they said the previous name was moved to another site? What was Steve's Brommie before it became Steves Brommie?

Dave

Can't help you with that, but can say that I believe it's bommie which is short for bombora, an aboriginal word for the waves that break over the reef. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bommie)

Sounds like everyone had fun. I need to make it back down there. I keep thinking of moving there when things get stressful around here. Not sure I could deal with the slow pace down there and having everything shut down early, though.

[Travelgal]

To all of those who paid better attention during the dive briefs than I did, what was the name of Steve's Brommie before it was named Steve's brommie? Remember they said the previous name was moved to another site? What was Steve's Brommie before it became Steves Brommie?

Dave

It is in Fact Steve's Bommie.........and I think previously named Tower of Doom or something like that which another site has been now named.