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LEGENDS OF THE UNDER SEA

By JH ( September 20, 2010 at 9:56 am) · Filed under Fathom Annual, alby ziebell, ben cropp, Bill Foster, black cod, bob grounds, christine danaher, Clarke Espie, dave rowlings, dean cropp, Denise and Wally Muller, Dr Robert Endean, Gai Girdlestone, grey nurse shark, harold holt PM, henri bource, Irvin Rockman CBE, jocelyn edwards, John C. Fairfax and Sandra Greentree, john gillies, John Harding, john harding pictures, John Michael Harding, john sumner, kathy troutt, kay milburn, louise west, lynn roberts, Mal McLeod, norm smith, north shore sea hawks, Peter West, Phil Eather, Richard Weir, ron cox, ron taylor, st george spearfishing club, sydney sea hunters, ted louis, tommy thomas, Trevor Collins (with marlin), valerie may taylor, van laman, vic ley, wally gibbins, wally muller, Walter A.Starck

Double click picture

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Walter A.Starck, Vic Ley, Ron Taylor, Phil Eather, Richard Weir, Wally Gibbins, Mal McLeod, Gai Girdlestone, John Harding

Wally Muller, Van Laman, Ben Cropp, Kathy Troutt, Lynn Roberts, John Michael Harding, Bob Grounds, Dean Cropp, Ron Taylor, Trevor Collins (with marlin), Valerie May Taylor, Henri Bource.

The Late IRVIN ROCKMAN CBE

RON IBLE (White Water Wanderers) 30 April 2013 R.I.P. mate

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FREE DIVING FISHERMEN – EARLY ERA OF DIVERS

By JH ( April 22, 2010 at 12:01 pm) · Filed under Free divers and Spear fishermen, australian spear fishing champions, ben cropp, brown spotted cod, coral trout, John Harding, nor west island, riversong, ron taylor, spearfishing 1963, sykes reef, vic ley, wally muller, world spear fishing champion 1965

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AUSTRALIAN SKINDIVING CONVENTION, SOUTH AUSTRALIA (1970)

By JH ( August 29, 2009 at 8:34 am) · Filed under 1. Our best adventure - ever!, john gillies, len mcleod, red morwong, ron taylor, spear injury on fish, sydney sea hunters, usfa, vic ley, wally gibbins, white water wanderers

Former spear wound on red morwong, Marley NSW

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White Water Wanderers was a Bondi spearfishing club. Sydney Sea Hunters a City of Sydney club.

White Water Wanderers - a Bondi spearfishing club. Sydney Sea Hunters a City of Sydney club.

The spear gun used by Ron Taylor in the 1965 world championships was not built by Ron. The above picture was thirty years after he won the main event. Ron found the gun floating in the sea off Yeppoon, Queensland in 1961.

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FIRST KENN REEF EXPEDITION. Page 3 of 3

By JH ( August 27, 2009 at 1:54 pm) · Filed under 3. USA dive scene, 1970, captain wally muller, coralita, kenn reefs, ron and valerie taylor, the coral sea, vic ley

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SPEARING PELAGIC SPECIES – Page 2 of 2

By JH ( August 25, 2009 at 12:26 pm) · Filed under 4. Big Game Spearing, bob grounds, jewfish, mulloway, pelagic fish, pelagic species, vic ley, wally gibbins, wally gibbons (sic), yellowtail kingfish eaten by shark

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A large whaler shark gave young Wally Gibbins a thrill when it ate most of a Kingfish he was holding. The shark appears to have been in excess of 3.5 meters if you study the jaw impression.

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