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Aquanats returning from a day's diving at the Prom Harry Breidahl
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The
Aquatic Naturalists, or Aquanats as we are commonly known, is a club
for Victorian scuba divers who are particularly interested in underwater
natural history and photography. The club was originally formed by
a group of divers who had completed a marine naturalist course with
the inimitable Reg Lipson and were wondering what to do next. Forming
a club seemed logical and Aquanats have been diving together ever
since.
We mainly dive around Port Phillip Bay and Western Port, with shore dives, such as Flinders pier and Rye pier, being regularly visited. Wilson's Promontory is one of our favourite boat dive sites while Port Campbell, on Victoria's west coast, is also dived as it is the home of one of our members. We do occasionally take more adventurous dive trips with the Great Barrier Reef's Tryon Island being one place that we have greatly enjoyed.
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Aquanats meet at the Brentwood Community Centre at 8.00pm on the first Thursday of every month and have an informal dive program that sees some of us in the water on most weekends (especially in summer). We also have a monthly newsletter, called Aquanatter, that features articles of interest to our members. New members are welcome, so contact Harry Breidahl by e-mail at deepsea@alphalink.com.au |
Blue devilfish Glenys Greenwood
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A swimming anemone Glenys Greenwood
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Yellow zooanthids Glenys Greenwood |
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Sea cactus Harry Breidahl
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The eye of a red mullet Glenys Greenwood
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Last updated October 1999.
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