November 2006 – Western Australia

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November 2006 – Western Australia

Split level coral reef shallows and snorkelling Stella with Kimberley Escape in the Rowley Shoals, Western Australia

Split level coral reef shallows and snorkelling Stella with Kimberley Escape in the Rowley Shoals, Western Australia

Colourful gorgonian fan and soft corals with diver in the Rowley Shoals

Colourful gorgonian fan and soft corals with diver in the Rowley Shoals

Stella drift snorkelling in Clerke Reef channel of the Rowley Shoals

Stella drift snorkelling in Clerke Reef channel of the Rowley Shoals

November saw us back to Western Australia to continue our coverage on the diving scene of Australia’s biggest state. We dived Rowley Shoals on board the wonderful Kimberley Escape once more. The Shoals did not disappoint. We had wonderful warm dives and fast drifts and the colours of the fan and soft corals were in full tropical force.

Split level of Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) bull and female underwater and tourist boat

Split level of Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) bull and female underwater and tourist boat

Australian Sea Lion bull (Neophoca cinerea) underwater with Stella snorkelling.

Australian Sea Lion bull (Neophoca cinerea) underwater with Stella snorkelling.

Then we went back to WA’s best kept secret of snorkelling with Australian Sea Lions. To keep it secret, to keep it safe, we shall not write where 🙂

Schooling fish under Busselton Jetty - a 2 kilometre long wooden jetty located 275 kilometres south of Perth.

Schooling fish under Busselton Jetty – a 2 kilometre long wooden jetty located 275 kilometres south of Perth.

Schooling pufferfish under the Busselton Jetty.

Schooling pufferfish under the Busselton Jetty.

Then we continued south and bravely got into our Scubapro semi-dry suits and dived the temperate seas of South Western Australia. Diving Busselton Jetty with Dive Shed was fantastic. Just 7 metres deep, each pylon hosted super saturated colours of orange and yellows and violets not to mention the fishlife that abound. The cutest imaginable globefish – WA’s equivalent to Nemo. Oh yes, the HMAS Swan was a good one too.

Weedy seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus) Albany, Western Australia

Weedy seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus)
Albany, Western Australia

Stella with a weedy seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus)

Stella with a weedy seadragon (phyllopteryx taeniolatus)

Stella's salute - Hmas Perth from Albany, Western Australia

Stella’s salute – Hmas Perth from Albany, Western Australia

 

By | 2018-04-19T09:09:12+00:00 November 30th, 2006|Adventure, Australia, Dive Tourism, Ecotourism, Photography, Underwater Photography, Western Australia|

About the Author:

Jürgen Freund’s aim as a wildlife photographer is to shoot pictures that tell stories which matter. A mechanical engineer by training, he started his career as an industrial photographer in Germany, acquired an underwater camera, went scuba-diving in the alpine lakes and then discovered the marine environment. Since 1982, he has done underwater and nature photography, making much of his own equipment to suit his needs. Jürgen’s work, on land and under water, has been widely published all over the world. He has had solo exhibitions and has been a prize-winner in international competitions, including Wildlife Photographer of the Year. In partnership with his wife Stella, a producer, he works closely with WWF, which uses his photographs in many of its conservation campaigns. For 18 straight months, he and Stella travelled the Asia / Pacific region of the Coral Triangle, photographing the richness of this hotspot of marine biodiversity on behalf of WWF.

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