On Thursday, March 13, 2003 5:42 PM, Viv wrote:

> >>That we are - and just to add spice to Shelly Beach everybody,
> >>(except Julian and myself) has been spotting a Black Whaler zipping
> >>around in the water.  Hopefully it'll still be there in early April
> >>during your visit! :-))

Michael wrote:
> >Ahhh, sure hope so. And no excuses, such as 'they must have all gone
> >to mate in Fiji.'

> How did you know they'd do tat ;-)

I didn't even have that one listed as an excuse.  (I do now!) :-)

We did a dawn dive yesterday morning and while we saw lots of trevally,
yellowtail, pomfrets, hula fish, damsels, wrasse, leatherjackets, a couple
of large flathead, lots of rays, groupers, two wobbegongs, weedy seadragons,
a 'little-bastard-that-buries-itself-in-the-sand-before-you-can-focus-on-it'
fish, (Julian knows its proper name!), and two seapens feeding, we didn't
see any sign of the whaler shark.  Maybe tomorow morning?  :-)

> >And I refuse to leave until I've seen at least one wobbegong and a
> >Port Jackson. Guess we can always go to the aquarium before heading
> >down to the pub, though.

Mate!  The port Jackson's may be a bit problematic - except in the
aquarium - at this time of the year, but *hopefully* we'll be able to find a
wobbegong or two.  (The new hand signal for 'wobbegong' is to do a Michael
Jackson grasp of the crutch!  At that point you may see Julian and myself
put on a burst of speed and take a reciprocal course to that of the
wobby!<bwg>)  The pub sounds like another good idea!  (More good dives have
taken place in a pub than have ever taken place in the ocean!) :-)

> I think Strike is still having email probs due to a change-over to cable
so
> I'll butt in on this.  You can always see them on this side of the island

G'Day, Viv.  Thanks to Julian spending time tweeking the machine - I was all
in favour of hitting it with a ten-pound hammer - the new system's up and
running.  The new e-mail address is: [log in to unmask] and while the
old one will still be operational for a while the new address is *the* one
that I'll now be using.  :-)

Strike