419 Dive Log Australasia AUGUST 2026

The Golden Head Shrimp Goby

appearance. One by one the coconut-shell cup made its way around the circle. Each person accepted it with a clap. Drank. Clapped again. Then passed it to the next guest. Conversation slowed. Laughter became easier. The ceremony was simple. The experience

memorable. Later the staff invited us outside. Throughout the afternoon they had been preparing a traditional lovo , Fiji’s earth oven. A fire pit had been lined with hot stones before layers of meat, seafood, vegetables, and root crops were wrapped carefully in banana leaves and buried beneath the earth to slow

Sleeping Bullet head Parrotfish

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Dive Log Australasia #419 August’26

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