May Dives

May has been productive...

A new slug at Nelson Bay, prying something to eat out of the sand. I think it is the root of a sea pen he's after.

I never knew the shallows around the eastern end of Bare Island were so cool! It was really calm so I just went up over the wall and hung out in on top of the shelf.


And this new Cowry was super cool, made the dive really. Bare Island again.



Nelson Bay is always rewarding, but the vis has been perfecly terrible (<10') the last two times we've been.


Here's a cat shark and the biggest Sea Hare I've ever seen.

So muppety down there sometimes!

Trying not to be seen just attracts attention guys...

Helicopter Mods T-37 G-Series

The other day we went to Paddy's Market, and I brought my modded T-37. It was pretty badass. I showed it to the guy at the helicopter stand and he liked it so much he gave traded me a brand new one and three matching parts helicopters for it.

Parts heli turns into parts...

To augment the new one I got from Paddy's Market with: (1) Double 180mAh batteries, (2) Double IR sensors and (3) new tail motor from my first black heli, which has since died.

Here it is after wiring the new bits on.

Sandy Cape Solander

We hood and hawd about what to do with our Sunday. Our Saturday went pretty well, spent napping and stuff. More like stuff and napping. We needed to get out. So we went to Cape Solander.

We hiked through the heath and avoided the puddles.

There was a falcon on the lighthouse. He battled the crows for the top perch.

Here's the lense, and the crows threatening the calm falcon.

This puddle has some tadpoles in it.





There were lots of colours and lots of black.

A bottlebrush, and where I work every day.

Karin and the lighthouse.

Looking forward to MotoGP next weekend. Last round was really good for Honda and Australia.

Wet Back

Upside down looking fish! And I found the slug again with l33t nav skilz.


The water is still pretty clear and warm, and a lot of tropicals are still hanging out.





This slug blends in with his food, just like the orange sponge slug featured in Sea Slugs of New South Wales. Here he bites on to a algae bubble, pops and consumes it.