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As a result of the publicity from the BBC of this amazing event, last year we saw hordes of fishers preying on the Giant Spider Crabs, catching their daily limit of 30 crabs a day mostly by netting. It was not a good look, and these people did lots of damage to the marine growth on the pier and its ...

G'day,

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Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.

We've now been given two more marks for the Dunloe. See https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=Dunloe for the details.

G'day, I've started to work on adding more dive sites for San Remo and Phillip Island. Recent new ones are: Newhaven Jetty - https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=Newhaven-Jetty San Remo Bridge - https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=San-Remo-Bridge San Remo Jetty - https://www...

G'day, Recently I've started to add 'Finding the' information to dive sites for which I have multiple GPS marks. Thus the various marks and sources are published in one location, rather than me just picking one mark and no-one understanding its relationship to the other ones out there. Where possibl...

G'day,

I've used the details provided by Packo above to update the entry for the Coogee. See https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=Coogee

Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.

G'day,

I've just added the SS Queensland to the database. See https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite ... Queensland

It's unlikely the GPS mark from the Australian National Shipwreck Database is accurate. If anyone has an accurate mark, please let me know.

Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.

G'day, I've just finished editing information about most of the shore dive sites located in Western Port. Plus the following Western Port shore dive sites have been added: Balnarring Reef - https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=Balnarring-Reef Corinella Jetty - https://www.scubadoctor.com...

G'day, I've just added the City of Rayville to our dive locations database. This shipwreck lies in 82 metres of water approximately 14 kilometres off the coast of Cape Otway. See https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=City-of-Rayville The City of Rayville was the first US vessel lost due t...

G'day, I've just added the SS Vixen to the database. This shipwreck lies in 18 metres of water near Cowes, Phillip Island. See https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=Vixen Yesterday I also updated the description for the Coramba shipwreck. See https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?si...

G'day, I've used the details provided by Packo above to update the entry for the William Salthouse. See https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=William-Salthouse It would be nice to do something similar for other dive site, especially shipwrecks, where there are lots of GPS marks in circula...

There is really only one way to get your weight right. See Perfect Scuba Diving Weighting - https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/perfect-weighting.htm

G'day, From a private source, plus some listings in various government publications, I've been able to take a look at GPS coords supplied by Rowan Stevens for various wreck sites. Usually Rowan's marks have been proven to be very good. The Rowan Stevens marks published for the Batman, Beverwyk 19, C...

G'day, The site Pelican Point Reef has been renamed to Pelican Point Reef, Daveys Bay. The site Beacon Reef, Davey Bay has been renamed to Beacon Reef, Daveys Bay. While Ian Lewis used Davey Bay in the book Shore Dives of Victoria, most maps have it as Daveys Bay. It's sometimes referred to as Davey...

G'day, I'm struggling to work out what's going on with the GPS marks for the Wareatea. See https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/divesite.htm?site=Wareatea In the book Victoria's Ship's Graveyard there is... 38 21.378, 144 25.310 But some of the marks in the book have been found to be wrong. Currently in t...