aandtsociety rock pool marine species collecting trip

[pkc]

Hi all, this is a rock pool trip we went on to the sunshine coast, just an hour and thirty from home in Brisbane.
This spot we go to, two or three times a year and is so nice it is hard to describe.
You have a very secluded and safe beach in a bay area with at times is very clear water and a left hand wave that rivals any break around and will hold up to 20 foot waves.
The spear fishing here is great and scuba diving is just a walk off the beach and a short snorkel out to some shallow reefs.

The rock pools, here my mum first found them in 1980 when the folks retired up there and she would look around for stuff for my brother’s marine tank.
We went up for the weekend as we used to nearly every weekend (once we saw what was there) and she said there are clowns in the rock pools??
We thought she was getting a little senile, but when we looked, there were millions of green bubble anemones with clowns in them in 0ne foot of water.
There were akindynas, tomatoes and even one latezonatus a year or so back.
From there we found beautiful tube worms, lots of different corals,(baby sharks-wobys,bamboo and nurse), eels, blennies, too much to list, in rock pools, 2 mins from the car???
We have it great here!
These are some pics of that particular trip.
The first pic is a view of the spot and the beach and the left hander (very small that day) and the others are just anything there.

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[Doodaa]

I am soooooooo jealous! I wish I lived by the ocean...then I wouldn't have to spend so much money putting a chunk of it in my house! Awesome adventures you have, I really appreciate seeing your pics.

[pkc]

You are more than welcome!

I put our recent trips around the place to get some attention to our club
on the net.

The club has been around since 1926 and back than,through to now the club has had trips each year to collect there own marine and freshwater aquarium species.

In the not to distant past we were the oldest(still are, I think) club of this type up here and were the biggest, we were to slow in taking on the internet.

We only got a site up and running on the net just under two years back (it is very basic) and we started taking pictures just over two years back and video this year.

We have had some amazing times out there and found some incredible life forms along the way.

We will keep putting us out there, I hope for a lot longer and if along the way some folks enjoy what we show of what we do, than it is worth it just from that.

[metalhead]

That's awesome man... Thanks for sharing!

Anything for sale nearby your Mum's place?

[pkc]

I lost my mum ten years back now.

we just go there as the club to find a few things for our tanks which it is great for and the place holds a few good memories.

Top spot for the beach,collecting,diving and surfing.

See yah.

[metalhead]

I lost my mum ten years back now.

we just go there as the club to find a few things for our tanks which it is great for and the place holds a few good memories.

Top spot for the beach,collecting,diving and surfing.

See yah.

Very sorry to hear that man... My condolences.

[Nemo Keeper]

Those are awesome pics. I live in Miami, near the keys. I go out once in a while to collect fish but, unfortunately, we are not allowed to take out any coral, it's against the law here. If caught, you're looking at at least 1 year behind bars. But at least I can get nice fish...FREE, So i guess I am still a little jealous...Like dooda...LOL.

BTW, my condolences also on your mom.