Gallery - Melbourne and surrounds

Melbourne, the state capital, stands at the crown of this region, with the Bellarine and Mornington peninsulas enclosing Port Phillip Bay.

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Pole Dancing

by MattT

Image of a Big-bellied Seahorse taken under Portsea Pier, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp September '08 - Open

Mating Dumpling Squid

by CaelumM

Mating Dumpling Squid photographed at Blairgowrie Pier, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp September '08 - Open

Grace

by MattT

Image of an Australian Fur Seal, taken near Pope's Eye, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp June '08 - Open

Dark Dragon

by MattT

Image of a Weedy Seadragon silhouette taken at Flinders, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp June '08 - Open

The Mothership

by MattT

Image of a jellyfish taken on a night dive at Pope's Eye in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp June '08 - Open

Eye Spy

by BrettG

The eye of a Fiddler Ray. Taken at around 4m at Rickett's Point in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp June '08 - Novice

Urchin

by BrettG

Remians of a sea urchin. Taken at around 4m at Rickett's Point in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp June '08 - Novice

Jewel of Rickett's Point

by BrettG

This nudibranch was only around 10mm long. Taken at around 4m at Rickett's Point in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp June '08 - Novice

Pot-bellied Seahorse

by CaelumM

This Pot-bellied Seahorse was photographed at Mornington Pier, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp May '08 - Open

Kelp Forest

by CaelumM

This kelp forest was photographed off Diamond Bay, Victoria , Australia.
Photocomp May '08 - Open

Poor Fish!

by CaelumM

This poor fish is being slowly eaten alive by an isopod. Eliza Ramsden wreck in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp April '08 - Open

Goby

by CaelumM

This small goby was quite skittish and I had to move very slowly to get this shot of his eyes. Rye Pier, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp April '08 - Open

Short-headed Seahorse

by CaelumM

I found this Shot-headed Seahorse clinging to some weed at night.
Photocomp April '08 - Open

Fur Seal

by MattT

Image of an Aussie Fur Seal taken near Rye,Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp April '08 - Open

Explosion

by MattT

Macro image of a tube worm taken at Portsea Pier, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp April '08 - Open

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Articles

The Bends: by Craig; Ask any scuba diver what is the one thing they fear most when diving and they will tell you it is the bends. However, if you get a group of divers together they will no doubt joke that '... we will probably all end up bent sooner or later!'. I myself often joked to friends and family that 'I'll probably just end up bent ...' and like most divers I used to think that it would never happen to me ... but it did. I got bent.

URALBA: by Bob T; We bounce across the sea in the new morning, looking back to where suburban Melbourne unfolds the Sunday morning paper and reaches for another croissant. We’re heading for history in the shape of a sunken ship, and I’m heading for a meeting with my father ...

What is it with kids ... ?: by Ric Mingramm; I have now been scuba diving for over 25 years and have a pretty good training record: - 1980 Open water Diver - 1990 Advanced Open Water Diver - 2004 Rescue Diver by this plan I should be an Instructor just under my 90th birthday.