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Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia – interesting statistics!

Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia – interesting statistics!
1,950 Square Kilometres Latitude: 38° 06.0′ S Longitude: 144° 53.0′ E Deepest Point is 24metres, just under 1/2 averages below 8m. 264kms of coastline surrounds the bay. Approximately 80 Bottle-nosed Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) live in the bay – they do get visitors from time...

Stingray off Brighton Beach in Port Phillip Bay

Stingray off Brighton Beach in Port Phillip Bay
Sunrise is one of my favourite times to paddle – and sunset, and midday, and morning, and afternoon, well this time was particularly special. I was 50m out from shore about to head past the break when a couple of metres ahead I saw a large shadow. At first thought I wandered whether it was seaweed,...