Diving

Dives

I've dived with Bill MacFarlane 4 times:

Dive number Date Site Location Area Country Wreck Freshwater Depth (m) Bottom time (min) Total time (min) Divers Quality Summary Equipment
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8 Sep 1990 Shiprock Port Hacking Sydney Australia 14 40 40 Iain Hosking, Bill MacFarlane Three stars Seventh dive at this spot - it's rapidly becoming Sydney's Dunbar. Bill's first post-qualification dive, and better than his open-water dives at Terrigal last weekend. All the fish turned up - catfish, moray eel, sea scorpion, fortescue, scalyfin, morwong, leatherjacket, even a couple of boxfish. Noticeable current, quite clear. Typhoon dry suit. Thinsulate woolly bear (NOT too hot - others cold). 82 cu ft tank, 28lbs lead. First dip for new Seiko watch and Scubapro Mk 10 DV (excellent!)
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22 Sep 1990 Cape Solander Round from Inscription Point, Kurnell Sydney Australia 12 40 40 Iain Hosking, Bill MacFarlane Three stars Dive delayed once again by lack of BC hose (on Bill's BC) - this time I put one on but it turned out to be the burst one. Drove into Cronulla to buy another one - I suppose a spare's always handy. Very pleasant dive, with reasonable visibility. Plenty of fish - all the usual, plus groper. The highlight was a cuttlefish which ran through the most amazing colour changes - from sandy to a good imitation of pebbles and rocks, light purple/pink (sponge) to deep red and purple when he got annoyed. Also an octopus, but no weedy sea dragons. ($5 entry fee to park.) Buddy Arctic
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20 Oct 1990 Underwater Wilderness off Royal National Park Sydney Australia 15 39 39 Iain Hosking, Bill MacFarlane Three stars Out on the 'Cape Bailey' booked through Frogdive, Merrylands. Run by Andrew and Angela. Beautiful day, and sea almost calm for a change (though with a slight swell of 1-1.5m). The site is south of Barron's Hut (I think) and is a gutter running SW from a favourite fishing spot. Clear water (60-70 ft). Blue groper (4 males + 2 brown females), Port Jackson sharks, scalyfin by the score, mado, rock cod, scorpionfish and some good swim-throughs. Cost: $20.
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4 Nov 1990 Seal Rocks Forster Australia 25 25 25 Iain Hosking, Bill MacFarlane, Cathy Humphries Three stars [no depth or time recorded in log book] Late start from Sydney and a leisurely Saturday, ending with a Malaysian meal with Rory and Jo McMahon. Rory's bourbon measures were a little too generous so felt seasick this morning. The dive was good, with heaps of fish, and a cuttlefish, but the highlight of the dive was the huge turtle, which put in an appearance at the beginning and end of the dive (and tried to bite one of the divers - Jaws in slow motion). I didn't see the four sharks that everyone saw except Cathy and I.