7 articles
Portsea Pier packs weedy seadragons, rays and sponge gardens into a shallow, easy shore dive near Port Phillip Heads. Conditions, access, etiquette and what to see.
Tom Okafor ·
Under the Bass Strait swell off Victoria's Phillip Island, golden kelp reefs feed seals, whales and the little penguins of Australia's most famous wildlife show.
Tom Okafor ·
Western Victoria's Portland coast mixes Australia’s only mainland gannet colony, summer blue whales and golden kelp beds fed by the Bonney upwelling.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Western Port, Victoria's second bay, pairs Australia's southern mangroves with vast seagrass flats, million-strong shorebird migrations and tide-borne kelp.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
A region guide to Wilsons Promontory — granite reefs, cold Bass Strait water, crayweed and common kelp forests, fur seals and how to visit the Prom's marine parks.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Weedy seadragons under the piers, drift dives through The Rip and kelp on the back beaches — a field guide to Port Phillip Heads and the Mornington Peninsula.
Tom Okafor ·
Behind the treacherous Rip lies a 1,900 km² sunken valley of kelp beds and seagrass: Port Phillip Bay, the temperate reef at Melbourne's front door.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·