Muck Diving Sydney style

Klaus Stiefel · Issue 61, Jul/Aug 2011 · pp. 71–75

Products mentioned: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon EF 100mm USM Macro lens, Canon L 17-40mm lens, Polarizing filter

I love Sydney, Australia, it’s such a friendly and multi-cultural city! And it’s a nature enthusiasts’ city: the trees are teeming with chattering parakeets, and only 30 minutes by car from the city center there is some great diving in Chowder Bay in the suburb of Mossman. Sydney is located along a large natural inlet, called Sydney Harbor or Port Jackson, and Chowder Bay is located on its Northern shore. It’s a popular, but not too crowded weekend destination for the Sydneysiders, and a dive shop, Plunge Diving, is located in a historic building (in Australia that means it’s from the mid-1800s) right on Chowder Bay. From there its only a short walk along a jetty to reach the entry point to a dive site featuring some fascinating Southern- hemisphere temperate marine life. It’s a real ‘muck’ dive site - not necessarily that exciting on first sight. There are no imposing multi- colored wal…