Archive for September, 2009

CROWN OF THORNS STARFISH PLAGUES ENIGMA

postcardThe first tourist postcard to feature an anti-tourism subject. I posted a first edition copy to (the late) Dr Robert Endean (Reader in Zoology, University of Queensland) who was a CoT (as a eco threat problem) activist often quoted in the media. The postcard never arrived. The card was a good selling item for Peer Productions for several years. Girls featured underwater are Jocelyn Edwards and Christine Danaher.

Ellison Reef Queensland

Mystery Cay 1974

Triton trumpet shell collection.  Murray Island, Queensland.

Murray Island, October 1996 – brothers Phillip and Steven Tapau home from boarding school in Townsville, demonstrated there was no shortage of triton trumpet shells at a nearby reef.  Reef crayfish (lobster) were also plentiful there.   Photographed during a Ben Cropp documentary filming expedition to the island, which is also known as Mer Island. (The home of the late Eddie Mabo).

 

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WHALE SHARK DIVING – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Exmouth whale shark

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FISH DISH 2009 SEAFOOD TREATS IN TAIPEI

Coral Cod at home in Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Coral Cod at home in Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Steamed coral cod

Grilled fish - a species we don't have in Australia.

Grilled fish - a species we don't have in Australia.

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RICK TRIPPE – DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY

Rick Trippe is comfortable diving in low visibility of Darwin Harbour.

Rick Trippe is comfortable free diving in low visibility of Darwin Harbour.

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3.1 METER SHARK ATTACKS DINGHY

Ben Cropp interview

Celebrity dinghy being attacked

Picture shows injury to shark

Turtle hunters who later saw the shark still biting Ben's dinghy, which lasted five minutes.

Turtle hunters who later saw the shark still biting Ben's dinghy, which lasted five minutes.

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MATING GREEN TURTLES PHOTOGRAPHED UNDERWATER (1988)

Test - larger picture

Test - larger picture

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HUGE AUSTRALIAN SEA SNAKE PHOTOGRAPHED

Tom Allen 1971

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SeaSnakesseas snake

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RICHARD IBARA MEETS PHILIPPE COUSTEAU

Richard Ibara (left)and Philippe Cousteau at Seal Rocks, New South Wales (1971)

Richard Ibara (left) about to dive with Philippe Cousteau at Seal Rocks, New South Wales (1971)

Philippe Cousteau (senior) underwater (1971)

Philippe Cousteau (senior) underwater (1971)

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SPEAR FISHERMEN 1940′s ARTWORK

KB

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WOBBEGONG SHARK ATTACKS – (in self defense)

What happens when you hold a wobbegong shark by the tail.

What happens when you hold a wobbegong shark by the tail.

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