This pufferfish was quite small (about 3 cm) and they are commonly found in seagrass beds. They are great to look at but very poisonous to eat as they contain tetrodotoxin which is a neurotoxin found mostly in their ovaries and liver. Pretty good defence that one!

 

 

I took this image of a turtle the other day while it was resting under a rock ledge. Turtles are always a favourite of mine as they have been on earth for so long. So long ago that they were here before the dinosaurs, during the dinosaur reign, and of course, after.

 

 

I took this today on the Gold Coast Seaway. Although the water was a little bit murky in places, when the sun managed to sneak through the clouds, the whole ocean floor would light up and that was when this Green Turtle swam straight past me.

 

 

I like to teach people to dive although I know longer pursue the teaching avenue full-time. In the Gold Coast area of Australia (which includes Surfer’s Paradise, Tweed Heads and Coolangatta) there are some great places to SCUBA dive and now and then I will teach a dive course. I always take people to the best spots so I have a constant but small referral system! I took this on one of those days this week. Sergeant Majors always seem to photograph well against the open blue.