On Friday, September 20, 2002 11:02 AM, Lee Bell wrote:

> > Seven of us turned up for an 07.30 dive at Shelly Beach.

> There's nothing that could possibly be at Shelly Beach worth getting there
> at 7:30 AM to see, at least not after years of diving there.  I must
assume
> it was 7:30 PM.  Did you enjoy your night dive?

The more that a person dives any given dive site the greater the discoveries
to be made!  :-)

As for the time of day, I'm used to a 24-hour clock - which is why I wrote
07.30 rather than 19.30! :-)

> > We did manage to see a ray; a medium sized porcupinefish,
> > that was also looking quite uncomfortable being sloshed around, a
painted
> > flathead (crocodilefish?), and a single nudibranch, white with black
trim.

> You're asking us if it was a crocodilefish?

No!  The question was rhetorical and for the benefit of those from heathen
parts who name fishes differently to those we see here in Oz!

>All one or two of us who've
> ever been there and none of which saw it with you?

There have been considerably more than one or two on this list who've dived
Shelly Beach, but granted they may not have seen a painted flathead!  :-)

>Be forceful . . . it was
> definitely a crocodilefish . . . what's one look like?

Like a painted flathead!

Strike