Dear Critters, I have been completely obsessed with photographing and videoing spider crabs for several years. They are absolutely fascinating both one on one and enmasse as they come into my local waters annually to moult from their old shells into their new ones. I hope you enjoy my spider crab videos, then scroll down […]
Dear Critters, I’ve been getting into the water a lot more lately. I don’t believe that having to give up work because you’ve been diagnosed with terminal cancer means that you just need to lie down and wait to die. Palliative radiation has helped to control my symptoms to the point where I am now […]
Dear Critters, Have you ever been to a spider crab disco? It’s both exciting and hilarious! Thousands of eager crabs line up in anticipation outside the disco door, with bouncers to make sure everyone stays civilised. When the door opens, the impatient crowd climb over each other to get in, ready for some insane dance […]
Dear Critters, Even though I couldn’t find a dive buddy today, I just couldn’t resist another visit to the annual spider crab migration at Rye Pier! Spunky Abe and the Golden Twins (my dogs Sophie Bear and Jake Baker) accompanied me to the pier to help me get in and out of the water, where […]
Dear Critters, The spectacular spider crab migration at Rye Pier in Australia is without exaggeration one of the highlights of my life every year! You may have seen it featured on a David Attenborough special, or on the incredible Disney ‘Oceans’ film? To see it in real life is – quite simply – breath-taking, mind-boggling […]
*Follow PINK TANK SCUBA on Facebook***Subscribe to this blog by email for updates* Dear Critters, MOVE OVER NINJA TURTLES – there’s a New Ninja in Town! Watch as this amazing NINJA CRAB molts from its shell high up on the wall of Blairgowrie Pier above the hungry stingrays that patrol the sand below. Once it […]
Dear Critters, Follow Pink Tank Scuba on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Thank you for joining me on my ‘Scuba Vs Tumour’ adventures! I hope that you enjoy this latest small gallery of STUNNING Leafy Seadragons – a special critter that is exclusive to the waters of South Australia (these were taken at the beautiful […]
Dear Critters, Follow Pink Tank Scuba on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Thank you for joining me on my ‘Scuba Vs Tumour’ adventures! I hope that you enjoy this latest gallery of pretty fishes to which new photos and videos will be added frequently. While you are here, feel free to also check out the following […]
Dear Critters, Please also follow Pink Tank Scuba on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. If you are looking for the FULL STORY and video of the cuttlefish that invited me to die with it (as per The Guardian Podcast or The Blunt Report Podcast), HERE’s the link to that blog post about My Most Extraordinary Encounter. Thank […]
*** PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR IMAGES AND VIDEOS *** Dear Critters, Just like sharks got an eternally bad wrap when Steven Speilberg depicted them as monsters in 1975, most people now automatically associate stingrays with the death of Steve Irwin. In my experience, the huge smooth rays I dive with are gentle, curious puppies with […]
Dear Critters, Some of my favourite underwater critters are definitely scuba divers! Most of the lovely people pictured below are my regular dive buddies, plus others I have met during my underwater adventures (sometimes even random divers I have still never met on land to this day!) Maybe you will see yourself featured here now […]
Follow PINK TANK SCUBA on Facebook! Dear Critters, As someone who has been diagnosed with terminal endometrial cancer, this year is all about ticking things off my Bucket List. I am thrilled to report that, during a 137 minute dive in 12 degree celcius water yesterday at Blairgowrie Pier, I finally crossed ‘film a spider […]
Follow Pink Tank Scuba on Facebook Dear Critters, Recently I had the most incredible weekday dive at Blairgowrie Pier in Melbourne with six other divers. The objective of the dive was to see whether we could locate any of the fascinating and cutely grotesque tasselled anglerfish that disguise themselves as soft corals and sponge and […]
Dear Critters, I have so many videos and photos to share with you from my dives yesterday and today at the annual spider crab migration at Rye Pier. Today, crab numbers had begun to build – perhaps there were as many as 10,000, but who can count such an invasion? So when this beautiful spotted […]
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