Happily for me, my UK friends Brian and Jill Mayes, joined me for some Nelson Bay shore dives during these months and they were soon pointing out marine life that I was oblivious to. For example, a Goldmann's Sandgoby and a Painted Basslet. With Blind sharks, Crested Horn sharks, Pufferfish and ‘Lippy’ our local Blue Groper, there was certainly plenty for us to photograph.