Kelp Magazine Launch – Creating Conversations Marlo

Local waterman and passionate East Gippslander, Andrew Dooley, has dreamed of a way to share the heart of his favoured little pocket of eastern Victoria, the outcrop called Cape Conran.

And he’s found it.

KELP Magazine is his brainchild and an extension of spirit for the environment that he cherishes and calls home.

Freediving Instructor Course in Queenscliff

It was with pure excitement that the budding candidates joined me early on a sunny November Thursday morning at Queenscliff harbour, for what could be the first ever Freediving Instructor course held in Victoria.

Swimming with Sharks and Loosening the Grip of Our Fears

Seconds ago, you surprised yourself with the level of calm, poise and fascination that you held whilst immersed 10-metres deep on one single breath, staring contentedly out of your mask and straight into the curious eye of a 2.5m long Grey Nurse Shark suspended there like a torpedo, very much within your arms reach.

Mermaids Marianna and Lola Peninsula Rockpool Photoshoot

Mermaids Marianna and Lola Peninsula Rockpool Photoshoot

Hair swaying like fronds of kelp and mermaid tails that fin like the fish that curiously watch them. This is the beauty of a mermaid photoshoot in the sun drenched coastal rockpools of the Mornington Peninsula on the south-eastern coast of Australia.

On this sunny Spring day Marianna Mermaid and Mermaid Lola immersed into the beauty that only the coast facing the Southern Ocean provides. A powerful backdrop with raw millions-years old cliffs and rock platforms that have formed with the relentless urging of the waves that surge all the way from Antarctica. It’s here that mermaids and sirens of the sea return to the ocean and reclaim their mystical powers.

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Whale Tales: Hells Orcas – Evan Flips

Whale Tales: Hells Orcas – Evan Flips

Whale Tales – a fictional story from the Hells Orcas, a small pod of Killer Whales dwelling in the waters of the Southern Ocean near Victoria and Tasmania. This is one tale of Evan Orca.

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Polkadots and Moonbeams – Part I

Polkadots and Moonbeams – Part I

Polkadots and Moonbeams. A young woman descends the stairway to the beach as the sun sets and the moon rises. Looking on is a Ladybug. A fiction short story.

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Whale Tales: Barnacle’s Kelp Karmacoma

Whale Tales: Barnacle’s Kelp Karmacoma

Last year’s Humpback Whale southern migration winner, Barnacle, actually there are no ‘winners’ because there’s no prizes. But in this day and age of supporting everyone as a winner, we’re going against the grain and calling him a winner anyway. Well, because he was first.

Back to Barnacle – a seasoned migrator. He’s finished 10 of these 10,000 kilometre events in the last 10 years.

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Books: The Octopus and I

Books: The Octopus and I

The story of Lucy in the new novel “The Octopus and I” by Erin Hortle tells the story of a colourful character living on the Tasman Peninsula in South-Eastern Tasmania, as she lives through the recovery of breast cancer.

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2014 – It’s a wrap!

Placing the Book-end on 2014 The end of the annual cycle provokes a reflection on the 364 days that have passed by, seemingly at Ferrari pace. 24 hours remain before the looking glass is swung 180 degrees and what appears to the fore takes all capacity. 2014 Was...

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Local Freedivers Club Gains

Melbourne Freedivers Club Growth Looking back isn't something that regularly takes my attention, but sometimes it's healthy to check in and see where things have come from. In March 2014 The Melbourne Freedivers Club (MFC) launched on-line, in real and on deck for...

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The Darkside of The Lens

The Darkside of The Lens

My Heart Still Thumps At times I marvel at the connectivity the internet and social media affords us. The ability to cyber connect in the street so to speak. You pass by an image on Instagram and connect with it. You're beyond like for like and F4F, it actually speaks...

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My first negotiation, at 12

My first negotiation, at 12

First Jobs As a kid there's a novelty in someone asking you to do a job for some pocket money. It's a celebration, giving first tastes of independence and new found choices and options. Suddenly, a reliance on known variables, such as whether Mum or Dad is in a good...

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