On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 David Strike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:31 PM, Viv (aka Krazy Kiwi) wrote:
>> I've snaffled him for a *wet* weekend away south of Perth.
>> Strike is flying into Perth on November 23 & we will head down to
>> Albany to get organised for the sinking of the HMAS Perth as an
>> artificial reef on the 24th.  http://www.hmasperth.asn.au/
>
>G'Day, Matette!  I'm looking forward to spending the week-end with you
> - but not the cold water down in Albany!  :-)

We had a presentation on the Leeuwin current & what tropical fish it brings
down our coastline on Tuesday night. 1999 & 2000 we had a huge jump in the
numbers of tropical fish counts around Rottnest Island. 2001 it dropped a
little ... but the good news was the sea temperature in some parts was 27
degrees celcius due to that Leeuwin current. Sadly it really only gets down
to Dunsborough before it starts pettering out so Albany misses out. We are
BOTH gonna feel the cold down there.

>And just to cover costs, it took 3 minutes and 52 seconds for TEAM FOUR to
>drop the SWAN below the surface and I'm already laying bets that the PERTH
>will take longer!  :-)

Is Team Four involved again?

>> Then we plan to drive over to Dunsborough to dive on the Swan wreck on
>> Sunday as Strike has not seen her since he dived on her the day she was
>> sunk in Dec 1997.  http://www.netserv.net.au/capedive/swan.htm
>
>I spoke to Shelley yesterday.  She'll also be in Albany for the PERTH
>sinking and staying over on the Saturday night to attend the
>post-sinking Ball.  As Sue Crowe and Jayne Jenkins, from Scuba Diver
>mag, as well as some of the PADI guys, would also like to dive the SWAN
>on the return trip, she's tentatively pencilled in a boat for our use,
>departing Dunsborough at 11.30 and - time permitting - Busselton Jetty.

Cool! I'm game if you are. I would never turn down a dive on the Swan.
If we cant get a boat over to the jetty we could go down on the train off
the wharf itself. *Mad* Max & I did that the hard way ... we got there late
so it was a one-way trip on the train ... we had to walk all the way back
fully kitted up with cameras, etc. Fortunately Max did not expire on me but
we just made it :-)

>(While I think of it, the Ball is a 'black-tie' affair, so we'll both need
>to take our best party frocks!) :-)

LOL .. I've got some pretty party frocks you can borrow ... now what do we
do with those hairy legs ;-))

>> And, if we get enough time we will sneak in a little dive under Busselton
>> Jetty so he can see all the critters I rabbit on about in my local dive
>> reports with the WA UW Photo club. Known as WAUPS we are warped in name &
>> nature ;-))
>
>Warped??  And we're sharing a room together?  I like it!  :-)

I'm game if you are ;-)
Will be good to catch up with you mate. I've just about finished reading
the 'Underwater Warriors' book after having to chase around for it after it
was passed on to others. Once you have finished with it we can organise for
it to be sent over to the US, UK or where ever to those interested - on the
priviso I get it back eventually.
Viv