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The Old Days
The early days of diving in Western Australia were truly wild times. Miles of untamed and unexplored coastline produced countless amazing stories.
This page is dedicated to the memory of these escapades and the divers who created them.
Dave Hopkins, Peter Herman and Barry Paxman did a lot of exploring in the 70's Read about Hamelin Bay, Leeman Coast |
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L-R: Frank Paxman, Jim Sewell, Boyd Bellion, Ray Pillage |
Peter Yewers and Ray Pillage |
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Early days at Wedge Island
John Porter, Norm Wall, John Morfitt and Barry Paxman
Whale Shark Riding, once popular, now banned by the DEC Geoff Kimpton from the WA Maritime Museum
Glynn Dromey loved to push the boundaries in the early days of WA diving John Pentland with a large Queenie
Peter Thayne: the man of a 1000 stories, showing some great fish in the early 80's Dave Hopkins with the WA record Groper
Dennis Thompson looks on as Barry Paxman displays a 60 pound Spanish Mackerel
Bob Muir: Legend of WA and Australian diving circles, still holds many state and national records, including the coverted West Australian Dhufish record
Peter Herman and Greg Pickering
BFWA divers Greg Pickering and Ian Fearnley where amongst the first divers to capture Dogtooth in "WA waters" |
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