420 Dive Log Australasia OCTOBER 2026

Panilurus versicolor lobster

That is why many dive operators give away prizes of dive trips to underwater photographers to get them to show off their magnificent diving. Good underwater photographers drive the dive industry by motivating all of the other divers. At the moment, I am highly motivated by the magnificent Flame Angelfish, which I saw at Mary Island in the Solomon Islands in June.

Studying marine species I have always been a nature lover. Before diving, I was a very keen bushwalker and student of snakes, marsupials, spiders and native plants. I have walked and climbed most of the big mountains in Victoria and NSW. As soon as I learned to dive in 1976, I developed a strong

Pineapple fish from Sydney

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Dive Log Australasia #420 October ’26

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