G at Australian Seachange Newsletter - Southern Freedivers
G at Australian Seachange Newsletter - Southern Freedivers
G at Australian Seachange Newsletter - Southern Freedivers
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The Aussies had an average day and were humbled by a gre<strong>at</strong> c<strong>at</strong>ch of fish by <strong>Southern</strong> N<strong>at</strong>al A<br />
diver, Broderick Whittaker. Gyula of N<strong>at</strong>al A was to placed second overall behind Boland A<br />
diver, James Lawson-Smith. 50 Divers weighed in and the Aussie contingent was holding their<br />
own with credible placings for Graham 11th, Tony 19th, Rob 22nd and Rick 26th.<br />
A strong frontal we<strong>at</strong>her system had developed and we did not dive on the 6th. After hard deep<br />
diving of nothing under 20 meters on the previous day, we were glad for an opportunity to thaw<br />
out and rest. During the day a strong wind arrived with a thunderstorm <strong>at</strong> the head of a front,<br />
followed by torrential rain and the rivers soon filed and spilled silt laden w<strong>at</strong>er into the southern<br />
competition areas. We were tre<strong>at</strong>ed to a braai/barbacue <strong>at</strong> the Shelly Beach Ski-bo<strong>at</strong> Club in<br />
the evening. We had a gre<strong>at</strong> array of local cosine with putu pap, boerewors, salads and the local<br />
beer brews were taking to our liking.<br />
Next was to be the team’s event on the 7th. Due to torrential rains in the south, the venue was<br />
again moved to the northern zone. For this event individual scores were not an issue and the<br />
teams focused on landing 30 high point scoring weighers from 3 divers. We were not allowed to<br />
rot<strong>at</strong>e divers so reserves spent their time manning the bo<strong>at</strong>s and sorting the fish into c<strong>at</strong>egories<br />
according to points. We were allowed a maximum of 3 fish per species.<br />
Soon after the competition start, we dived in deep w<strong>at</strong>er wide of Scottborough and bo<strong>at</strong>ed a<br />
couple off good fish. I had just allowed a large Cape Knifejaw to tangle me up in a cave and had<br />
had a stressful time sorting my spearline out when Graham surfaced behind me and shouted for<br />
everyone to jump onto the bo<strong>at</strong>. It turned out he had dived to see fish sc<strong>at</strong>ter and upon<br />
reaching the bottom a large Gre<strong>at</strong> White had approached him from behind and followed him to<br />
the surface in a somewh<strong>at</strong> err<strong>at</strong>ic behaviour.<br />
AUF Mission: Bring Sport, Conserv<strong>at</strong>ion and Awareness to the Underw<strong>at</strong>er World
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