DAVE GOLBY BLOWS HIS COOL
Archive for August 17, 2009
SOMETHING IN COMMON – Part Two
Pictures from Long Reef area, northern Sydney beaches.
PHILIPPE COUSTEAU INTERVIEW IN AUSTRALIA 1971
This was from an earlier edition, Fathom No. 4 – Philippe Cousteau was not impressed with an obvious error relating to a baby whale being harpooned and we guaranteed to have points like this double checked in future!
The information came from a reliable source – but it was wrong!
Our interview with Philippe while he was in Australia in 1971 for a few days was something of a coupe as he’d been refusing offers from SKIN DIVER magazine. Philippe claimed that magazine had a good cash flow but paid peanuts to writers and favored a select group of friends rather than allow new talent much of a chance. The magazine had a strong run for years then ceased production during the early 2000′s.
Philippe was killed when his PBY Catalina seaplane crashed in Portugal in 1976 due to a faulty nose wheel hatch being open. One of the large engines broke off the wing. (Information supplied by the late Paul Tzimoulis).
MANTA RAY (1971)
Text by Ron Taylor reprinted from his Sunday Telegraph newspaper column.
FISH DISH
Sea urchin roe is more popular in France than Australia.
Beware that sea urchin roe may work as a potent laxative.
RON HARDING WET SUITS
(The late) Ron Harding was not related to the editor of Fathom
Ron Harding was one of the first scuba divers who set a depth record in the 1950′s. His dive shop at the beach side suburb of Manly was one of the original and best. His younger brother John worked in the store as did Kevin Deacon and later Steve Duffy.