#diving days

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I'm happy I got to see the Weedy Seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) in the wild at Flinders Pier:)

Last year April I dived at Portsea Pier, Mornington Peninsula I missed out seeing them. I got an opportunity to come back to Melbourne and glad I got the chance to dive again, though a few degrees colder. Thanks to my friends for linking me up with divers @melbourne_uni_underwater_club 🤿

Weedy Seadragons inhabit the coastal temperate waters of Australia at kelp-covered rocky reefs. Same family as seahorses but are larger, more mobile and tend to orient at a more horizontal angle.

For the Seadragon video head over to my other socials:)

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Hypselodoris tryoni, a common nudibranch in the West Pacific Ocean and like most nudibranch feed on sponges. Nudibranchs are truly the prettiest gastropods (maybe some bias) and are always intriguing to divers. It was nice to see one and sometimes these nudibranchs are seen on the sponge or hydorid that it is eating. It last dive of that day after all the excitement at Sipadan with Great Hammerhead Shark and deep blue.

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Pulau Hantu Dive Trip 16 Feb 2019

Another dive trip to Pulau Hantu more than a week ago and a little video of it:) There were times of good visibility (on good days of hantu) and other moments during the dives which gave me the night dive feels 😂 Saw Copperband Butterflyfishes, Carpet eel-blenny, a pipefish, Sapphire flatworm probably, Salmacis Sea Urchin, Map Pufferfish, Long-finned Batfish, Fan-Bellied Filefish, Ceratosoma Sp. and Tiger-tailed Seahorse.

Also had an awesome company for the dive trip:)

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Deep Dive Salang wreck

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlS0VziH_59/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=g45jv03edymc