Restoring the Faith

A light at the end of the

tunnel after months of

bad weather for Perth

metro divers.

Direction North

For Southern spearos

there’s one direction

that leads to fish.

Further Afield

Putting in those few

extra KM’s makes all

the difference when

chasing new species

in new locations. You

might find yourself

with too many fish to

choose from.

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Sailfish are one of most eloquent and beautiful fish in the ocean. Any diver who has had the chance to dive with this magestic creature and watch it unfurl it’s sail in a brilliant display can atest to their magnificence. ASHLEY WALSH is one of very few divers to have come face to face with this ellusive species off the Western Australian coastline and shares his bittersweet tale.

Photographs by Barry Paxman | Ashley Walsh | Anthony Sercombe | Scott Paxman

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With the Southern part of our road trip, from Perth to Kalgoorlie

and back to Perth via the Southern coast over, it was time to

head North, The Southern road trip was not a great success in

the diving and boating side of things so we were both looking

forward to better weather, warmer water, delicious seafood and

opportunities to get wet,

Author with a prized WA dhufish

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