'MR WALLY' (For Sale at Coffs Harbour slipway)
John Sumner-Wally Gibbins boat for saleThe original plan was to salvage WW2 scrap metals from deep waters in the Solomon Islands. A mechanical 'grab' was designed and fitted to the stern of this former prawn trawler,
(Bali Hi) at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
(The late) Wally Gibbins was well-known in 'the islands' as
Mr Wally. DECEMBER 2008Entries:(Day, Month, Year - Subject Summary)31/12/2008: 'MR WALLY' (For Sale at Coffs Harbour slipway)
30/12/2008: WHITE POINTER or GREAT WHITE SHARK? (Same thing)
27/12/2008: SWEDEN - DIVER DOG
25/12/2008: INFAMOUS 'CAMP COVE' SHARK PICTURE
25/12/2008: TIP: OTHER WEBSITE SHARK PICTURES
24/12/2008: TONY MATHERS - JOCELYN'S FORMER BOSS (The Grape Escape)
24/12/2008: SOLITARY EXISTENCE
24/12/2008: NEWPORT ARMS HOTEL PATRONS - ANNUAL PISS-UP 2008
24/12/2008: AVALON - ONE OF SYDNEY'S NORTHERN BEACHES
24/12/2008: PART OF SEA SHELL COLLECTION BY TONY FLOOK
23/12/2008:
23/12/2008: AN OLD MATES CATCH UP FOR CHRISTMAS
23/12/2008: CHRISTMAS TREE WORM (Spirobranchus)
23/12/2008: MARINE ART (1954)
19/12/2008: RON ISBELL by 'Maxie' Allen
11/12/2008: CHRISTMAS DINNER Poultry Vs Seafood
01/12/2008: FROM CAIRNS TO N.T. & SOUTH AUSTRALIA
01/12/2008: AYRES ROCK - U-LULU vs. U-LU-RU?
01/12/2008: News: SHOCK FOR TAIWANESE SHARK FIN BUSINESSMEN
=======================================NOVEMBER 2008Entries: (Day, Month, Year - Subject Summary)SPEAR FISHING (aka FREEDIVING) MEMOIRS27/11/2008: FLINDERS REEF, CAPE MORETON - SPEAR FISHING (1965)
26/11/2008: CAPE MORETON & Flinders Reef, Queensland Australia
23/11/2008: RELIABLE MEMOIRS EX SCUBA INSTRUCTOR
22/11/2008: SPEARED FISH FOR DINNER ..... Cape York (Video 2004)21/11/2008: COMMERCIAL HARD HAT DIVER
20/11/2008: THE OLD TATHRA WHARF - 1963 and 1981
19/11/2008: TATHRA WHARF, New South Wales south coast
19/11/2008: TATHRA WHARF (Picture No.2 of 4)
19/11/2008: TATHRA WHARF, New South Wales, Australia (Picture No.3 of 4)
19/11/2008: THE WHARF AT TATHRA (Picture No.4 of 4)
18/11/2008: TRAVELING FILM SHOWS
18/11/2008: NORTHERN SAFARI on DVD
17/11/2008: REFLECTIONS
16/11/2008: NORTH QUEENSLAND DIVE Black and white (1990)
16/11/2008: YOUNG HUMP HEAD MAORI WRASSE ... in Black and White
13/11/2008: PICK OF 'THE COD HOLE' PICTURES
11/11/2008: MYSTERY OF THE SS COOMA PROP REVEALED "RON ISBELL HAS LEFT THE BUILDING"09/11/2008: SPEARING FISH FOR DINNER - GREAT KEPPEL ISLAND
09/11/2008: TROPICAL WOBBEGONG SHARK
09/11/2008: TRADE WIND TREE - GREAT KEPPEL ISLAND
09/11/2008: GREAT KEPPEL ISLAND - WILD GOAT
09/11/2008: GREAT KEPPEL ISLAND (A VIEW LOOKING WEST)
09/11/2008: RON ISBELL CHARTER BOAT
09/11/2008: SEA SNAKE DIVER AT KEPPLE ISLAND, QUEENSLAND
08/11/2008: 'WILD KINGDOM' FILM CREW
08/11/2008: SCUBA - DIVING WITHOUT REGULATOR
07/11/2008: ROWING ASHORE (Heron Island. 1973)
06/11/2008: RON ISBELL - UNDERWATER COMEDY (FILM)
06/11/2008: RON ISBELL & JAWS AUTHOR, PETER BENCHLEY (1975)
06/11/2008: SEA HUNT CHARTER BOAT - (November 1975)
01/11/2008: GREENBURY SCUBA SCHOOL Australia's youngest diver=====================================OCTOBER 2008POPULAR AUSTRALIAN DIVE BOATS 31/10/2008: VALERIE MAY TAYLOR
31/10/2008: PILOT WHALE RESCUE - SEAL ROCKS
31/10/2008: TRADEWIND ALUMINUM BOAT - SEAL ROCKS
30/10/2008: CAMPING ON BEACH The old days Seal Rocks
30/10/2008: SEAL ROCKS Traditional fishing boat 1970
30/10/2008: TYPICAL NSW DIVE SHOP BOAT at Big Seal Rock
30/10/2008: FREEDOM 3 Ben Cropp's PRIVATE DIVE BOAT No crowds
30/10/2008: NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND November 1963
29/10/2008: BEN'S BOAT - THE CHEWED PONTOON
29/10/2008: DIVE TENDER ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
29/10/2008: Quintrex - A popular size and weight
29/10/2008: ABALONE BOAT MALLACOOTA, Victoria (1967)
29/10/2008: SPEARFISH BOAT (1971)
29/10/2008: AUSTRALIAN SPEAR & SCUBA DIVE BOAT (SYDNEY 1966)
28/10/2008: TROPICAL REEF SCENE ......Live shell
27/10/2008: THE FOG-FREE DIVE MASK ....awaits an inventor?
RON TAYLOR26/10/2008: North Stradbroke Island Memoir
26/10/2008: Ron Taylor's adrenalin thrill
25/10/2008: THE ZENITH
24/10/2008: AUSTRALIAN SPEAR FISHERMAN 1971
23/10/2008: BREATH HOLD DIVING ..... Prep for World Championship
21/10/2008: WINGED VICTORY .... the World Champion's trophy
20/10/2008: FISH EYE VIEW 2
HENRI BOURCE - A SHARK VICTIM WHO WENT BACK 16/10/2008: HENRI BOURCE - Shark filming location
16/10/2008: Henri Bource - A one-legged underwater cameraman
16/10/2008: Henri J.L. Bource ..... Film maker & Shark bite 'victim'
THE BELGIAN EXPEDITION TO THE GBR 1967 Rare pictures13/10/2008: GREAT BARRIER REEF LIGHTHOUSE - North Reef
13/10/2008: UNUSUAL CORAL SHAPES
12/10/2008: BELGIAN EXPEDITION to GBR - memoirs
12/10/2008: Giant clam above water
12/10/2008: Lizard Island - vacant land before the airstrip & resort
12/10/2008: Pilot whale pod
12/10/2008: Port Douglas 1967 and today
12/10/2008: Slatey Bream with cleaner wrasse
12/10/2008: Lady Musgrave Island
09/10/2008: Party Night aboard Naval Ship
09/10/2008: Wally Muller visits De Moor's ward room (bar)
09/10/2008: Dive Locker aboard De Moor
09/10/2008: Belgian National Day - aboard De Moor
09/10/2008: First news picture, CoT starfish
09/10/2008: Aquarium starfish aboard De Moor
09/10/2008: Crown-of-Thorns starfish, Otter Reef
09/10/2008: Coral shallows near Lizard Island
09/10/2008: Fish for dinner - Red Emperor
09/10/2008: Young whaler shark
09/10/2008: Marine biology intro lesson
08/10/2008: De Moor, expedition mother ship
08/10/2008: Dive work boat - Salvaged in Surf
08/10/2008: Salvage of a generator
08/10/2008: Dive boat being recovered
08/10/2008: Coral trout - a fish for lunch
08/10/2008: Clam -Tridacna gigas
08/10/2008: Exploring where no diver had been before
08/10/2008: Pencil (Sea) Urchin
07/10/2008: The Silver Fox of De Moor
07/10/2008: The Belgian Navy's De Moor
07/10/2008: De Moor de Better - the ships' slogan
THE EARLY DAYS OF CLUB DIVING06/10/2008: LOBSTER DIVING ..... Sydney Sea Hunters club (1961)
06/10/2008: EASTERN ROCK LOBSTER ....... Underwater picture
05/10/2008: Manta Ray
05/10/2008: Manta Ray........ aka Devil fish? ....Not likely
05/10/2008: Manta Monster
04/10/2008: STINGRAY GROUP ...... Very large rays,
Yongala wreck site
02/10/2008: BRIGHT SOFT CORAL ...... The deception of color underwater
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