We began diving in the Mooloolah River estuary (at La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia)
in January 2019 and mainly focused on Nudibranchs, but there are so many amazing creatures
in the river that we started photographing everything. Below is a picture of the park and an
aerial shot of the estuary with the red line marking the roughly 400 meter area where we dive
(you can interact with the Google map). This is our main dive site, but we have included photographs from
other sites that you can find using the "Location" filter.
La Balsa Park
Mooloolah River Estuary
This is definitely muck diving - sometimes the visibility is very clear with critters
everywhere, other days we have hardly any visibility and a ton of silt. The maximum depth is around 6 meters and we spend anywhere
from 1 to 4 hours per dive. Here you can see Fran photographing a critter and an image of the substrate.
Good Visibility
Substrate
Then there are days where you can't see much at all, but we still dive and try to get good shots.
This is about 1 meter visibility or less and us exiting from the stairs.
Bad Visibility
Us Exiting
Where possible, we do our best to accurately name the species we photograph.