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Exploring The Apollo Bay Rockpools At Night.

February 4, 2018 by jade@jadecraven.com Leave a Comment

My family had decided to do night fishing along the harbour at night. I was planning to tag along and watch, as we often see more fish action at night. Then I realized: wouldn’t there be more activity in the rockpools at night?

My plan was correct. All I had was a little torch and my phone for photography.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Night Rockpooling Tagged With: Apollo Bay Harbour, red-handed shrimp, six-armed cushion star, Zebra fish

Watching Moving Sea Stars

February 2, 2018 by jade@jadecraven.com Leave a Comment

As I’ve mentioned previously, we noticed a lot of overturned seastars on our recent visits. Annoyingly, we didn’t know that they had been overturned on purpose. We assumed it was natural behaviour and took advantage of the photographic opportunities.

These photos were mostly taken with my Samsung phone, as the macro lens would only get a little bit in focus at a time.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Sea Stars Tagged With: Apollo Bay Harbour, six-armed cushion star

Air Breathing Limpit Stuck In Tube Feet Of Seastar

January 23, 2018 by jade@jadecraven.com Leave a Comment

We were exploring the rockpools in the Apollo Bay Harbour. We had intended to go to Marengo but an electrical emergency in Geelong and a 36-degree day thwarted our plans. After 7pm the weather started to get below 30 so we headed out, desperate to explore.

Mum had noticed a lot of seastars were upside down and called me over to photograph them.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Sea Stars Tagged With: Air Breathing Limpet, Apollo Bay Harbour, six-armed cushion star

Tide Out at Eastern Beach

August 3, 2015 by jade@jadecraven.com Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Sethy and I visited Eastern Beach. I was there for the weekend and had promised him and adventure. Initially, we were going to go to Balyang Sanctuary. But Balyang is close to where he lives – it’s so much more exciting at the beach because of the multiple types of environments.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Echinoderms, Molluscs, Sea Stars Tagged With: eastern beach, purple sea urchin, six-armed cushion star

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