RE: Re gobies /field trips etc

Andrew Hamilton (andrewha at tafe.sa.edu.au)
Wed, 12 Jun 1996 08:38:09 -0700

>IMO poking around swamps and rock pools and all the various aquatic
habitats is one of the most relaxing actvities imaginable. The grand
recreational activity of "fishwatching" , especially in nature (but also at
home in the aquarium or pond) reveals many an interesting observation. I
recommend it to one and all! One day some-body should write a book on
"fishwatching in Australia"

I would have to agree. I have spent countless hours on a river bank watching
natives and non-natives (esp. carp and trout-I live on the Torrens). Not to
mention the hundreds of dives Ive done over the year. I recently dived Ewens
ponds where I observed Nannopercas breeding in the wild, Galaxiads schooling
in the hundreds and Marron walking blindly through the volcanic ash. The
vegetation was so profuse it was as if though someone had stained the water
with green food dye. If it wasnt for the very cold water burning my ears I
might have thought Id died and gone to heaven. (The other half says I should
look like a fish after spending all that time watching the aquarium).

Andrew