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Port Stephens boasts a wonderful collection of seaside villages dotted along the Pacific Ocean coast. It also enjoys a majestic sand dune system and picturesque hinterland.

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Ornate Ghost Pipefish

Ornate Ghost Pipefish

Ornate Ghostpipefish found at The Pipeline, Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, Australia. Taken with Canon G11 and Ikelite DS51 substrobe.
Photocomp October '12 - Open

Chillin on a sponge

Chillin on a sponge

An Old Wife at Fly Point, Port Stephens, Australia on an Olympus mju8000 in Ikelite housing with AF35 strobe.
Photocomp May '12 - Novice

Moray Eel

Moray Eel

A Green Moray Eel at Fly Point, Nelson Bay, Australia. Olympus MJU 6000 Tough in and Ikelite Housing and an Ion d-2000 Strobe.
Photocomp April '12 - Novice

First seahorse

First seahorse

A seahorse at 7 meters at Seahorse Gardens, Nelson Bay, Australia.
Photocomp June '11 - Novice

Sweet Ceratosoma

Sweet Ceratosoma

Ceratosoma amoenum at Nelson Bay, Australia. Canon 400D, Canon EF 100mm macro, Ikelite housing & DS160 strobes.
Photocomp June '11 - Open

Puffer on the Oakland

Puffer on the Oakland

A pufferfish at the wreck of the Oakland, Port Stephens, Australia using a Canon camera and single strobe.
Photocomp April '11 - Novice

Blue Dragon

Blue Dragon

Serpent pteraeolida. Nelson Bay, Australia. Canon 400D, Canon EF 100mm macro, Ikelite housing & DS160 strobes.
Photocomp February '11 - Open

Eastern Gobbleguts

Eastern Gobbleguts

Vincentia novaehollandiae. Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia. Canon 400D, Canon EF 100mm macro, Ikelite housing & DS160 strobes.
Photocomp December '10 - Open

Purple dragon trio

Purple dragon trio

Flabellina rubrolineata. Nelson Bay, Australia. Canon 400D, Canon EF 100mm macro, Ikelite housing & DS160 strobes.
Photocomp October '10 - Open

Shovelnose Ray Eye at Night

Shovelnose Ray Eye at Night

These photos from the Eastern Shovelnose Ray (Aptychotrema rostrata) were taken in Nelson Bay, Australia with my Canon G9 in the Canon housing. I find their eyes are quite fascinating. You can see the difference from day to night when they open their eyes up. Watch closely!
Photocomp June '10 - Novice

I Am Watching You

I Am Watching You

These photos from the Eastern Shovelnose Ray (Aptychotrema rostrata) were taken in Nelson Bay, Australia with my Canon G9 in the Canon housing. I find their eyes are quite fascinating. You can see the difference from day to night when they open their eyes up. Watch closely!
Photocomp June '10 - Novice

Life of a Jellyfish

Life of a Jellyfish

A jellyfish at Halifax, Nelson Bay, Australia.
Photocomp May '10 - Open

Punk Polycera

Punk Polycera

Polycera capensis. Nelson Bay, Australia.
Photocomp May '10 - Novice

Such Love

Such Love

Two Purple-lined Nembrotha taken at Nelson Bay, Australia. Canon D500 in Sea & Sea housing.
Photocomp March '10 - Open

Denison's Dendrodoris

Denison's Dendrodoris

Dendrodoris denisoni photographed at Pipeline, Nelson Bay, Australia. One of the first dives I used my new DSLR camera.
Photocomp February '10 - Open

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White's SeahorseWhite's Seahorse
The White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) is a shy species that belongs to the syngnathidae family that includes pipefish, seahorses and seadragons.
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