During November to December, I dived almost all of the local shore dives: Fly Point, Halifax, Little Beach, The Pipeline and Seahorse Gardens and was joined on some of these by Mick Todd, Nicci Johnson, Rob Stewart, Aaron Royal, Sue Josephsen, Teresa Williams, “Horrie” Noble, John Templeton, Melanie Glapa and Emma Challen.
The underwater visibility varied from 2 to 12 metres with 5 to 6 metres being typical. The indisputable photography highlight for me was several Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Sadly they had been caught in in a one way trip south in the East Australian Current from much warmer waters to Nelson Bay where, pending their demise, they took up residence at The Pipeline.