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My Yachting Adventures
Below is a list of links to the main pages about my yacht, Catlypso and My Yachting Adventures:
  • Purchase of Catlypso
  • Details about Catlypso
  • Cleaning/Repairing Catlypso
  • My Yachting Adventures.
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    Michael's 4WD Trips
    Click here for a list of my Four Wheel Drive and Camping Trips.
    Home Brewing
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    Sydney Dive Site Hints
    "Bare Island has the greatest number of dives of any location in Sydney"
    Sydney Reef Dive Sites
    Sydney Reef Dives You can download a GPX file (GPS interchange file) of all my GPS co-ordinates by by clicking here

    . You should be able to import this into your GPS, chartplotter or PC based software.

    For a list of shipwrecks in the Sydney area, please go to the Sydney Shipwreck Page.

    For an article on Sydney diving in general click on

  • Simply the Best - Sydney Diving.

    Sydney
    A map showing some of the sites in Southern Sydney




    Alphabetical Listing Location - North to South
    * These dives can be done from shore** Can be done from shore but not recommended

  • The Apartments(The Wall)
  • Anchor Reef
  • The Balcony
  • Balmoral Baths*
  • Bare Island - History
  • Bare Island - Summary
  • Bare Island - Definition of underwater and above water features
  • Bare Island - 15 Metre Reef*
  • Bare Island - Circumnavigation*
  • Bare Island - Bombora*
  • Bare Island - Deep Wall*
  • Bare Island - Deep Wall Drift/Half Circumnavigation*
  • Bare Island - Isolated Reefs*
  • Bare Island - Left (Eastern Side)*
  • Bare Island - Right (Western Side)*
  • Bare Island - Anglerfish - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Sea Dragons - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Nudibranches - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Pygmy Pipehorses - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Sea Horses - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Other Marine Life - Note: not a dive
  • Barrens Hut
  • Bass and Flinders*
  • Beehive Casemate Tunnel
  • Big Saigon
  • Blue Devil Reef
  • Bondi Wall
  • Bottle and Glass Point*
  • Bypass Reef
  • Camp Cove*
  • Cape Banks - Botany Bay**
  • Cape Banks Bridge**
  • Chowder Bay Wharf*
  • Clifton Gardens*
  • Clovelly Pool*
  • The Colours
  • Container Wall*
  • Cruwee Cove - Botany Bay**
  • The Cutting
  • The Cutting North Reef
  • Dee Why Wide
  • Dragon Alley - Barrenjoey Head
  • Fish (Pizza) Reef
  • Fairy Bower*
  • Fairlight*
  • Flat Rock*
  • The Gap
  • Gordons Bay*
  • Green Point*
  • Green Wheely Bin Reef
  • GT Reef
  • The Gullies - Underwater Wilderness
  • Henry Head
  • The Hole in the Wall
  • Hungry Jacks
  • Indian Point**
  • Inscription Point*
  • Inscription Point to The Monuments*
  • Isolated Cemetery
  • JD Reef (North)
  • Jibbon Bombora
  • Jolong
  • KFC
  • Kirribilli Point*
  • La Perouse Bay Drift*
  • La Perouse Point*
  • The Leap*
  • The Leap Deep
  • Lilli Pilli*
  • Little Bay*
  • Little Bay - 4th Hole*
  • Little Saigon
  • Long Bay*
  • Maccas Reef
  • Magic Point Sharks**
  • Mahon Pool*
  • Manly Beach - An encounter with two southern right whales
  • Manly Gasworks*
  • Marley Point
  • Marley Point North
  • Marys Reef
  • Middle Ground
  • Middle Ground North
  • Minmi Trench
  • Mistral Point
  • M & K Reef
  • The Monuments*
  • North Head - Old Mans Hat
  • North Head - Old Mans Shoulder
  • North Bondi*
  • Oak Park*
  • Oak Park to Bass and Flinders*
  • Old Mans Hat - North Head
  • Old Mans Shoulder - North Head
  • One Spot Reef
  • Oporto Reef
  • Osborn Shoal
  • Osborn Shoal East
  • Osborn Shoal East Drift
  • Osborn Shoal South West
  • Osborn Shoal West
  • Parsley Bay*
  • Pinnacles - Bangally Head
  • Pistol Crack - Little Bay
  • Pistol Point/Truck Tyre Reef - Little Bay
  • Pizza (Fish) Reef
  • Red Flag
  • Red Indian Point
  • Red Rooster Reef
  • Rifle Range Reef
  • Shark Point*
  • Shelly Beach*
  • Shelly Beach Dusky Whaler Sharks*
  • Shiprock*
  • Six Fathom Reef
  • South Maroubra*
  • Sow and Pigs Reef
  • The Split
  • Tabbagai Gap
  • Tabbagai Point
  • Thompsons Bay*
  • Truck Tyre Reef/Pistol Point - Little Bay
  • Tumbledowns
  • Tumbledowns Drift
  • Tupia Point - Malabar
  • Tyre Reef
  • Underwater Wilderness
  • Voodoo
  • The Wall (The Apartments)
  • Watsons Bay Pool*
  • Wattamolla Point
  • The Wanderers
  • Wedding Cake Island South East**
  • Wedding Cake Island North West**
  • Whale Watching Platform
  • Windy Point*
  • Windy Point to Oak Park Drift*
  • Xanadu Reef
  • Yellow Rock
  • Yena Gap Outer Reef
  • Yena Wall*
  • Yowie Bay Boat Ramp*
  • Yowie Point


  • Palm Beach Area
  • Dragon Alley - Barrenjoey Head
  • The Hole in the Wall
  • Pinnacles - Bangally Head

    Long Reef Area

  • The Wall (The Apartments)
  • Dee Why Wide

    Manly/North Head

  • Harbord*
  • Manly Beach - An encounter with two
    southern right whales
  • Fairy Bower*
  • Shelly Beach*
  • Shelly Beach Dusky Whaler Sharks*
  • Green Wheely Bin Reef
  • North Head - Old Mans Hat
  • North Head - Old Mans Shoulder

  • Sydney Harbour (Inside)

  • Red Indian Point
  • Manly Gasworks*
  • Fairlight*
  • Balmoral Baths*
  • Sow and Pigs Reef
  • Beehive Casemate Tunnel
  • Chowder Bay Wharf*
  • Clifton Gardens*
  • Kirribilli Point*
  • Bottle and Glass Point*
  • Parsley Bay*
  • Watsons Bay Pool*
  • Green Point*
  • Camp Cove*

  • Eastern Beaches


  • The Gap
  • The Colours
  • Bondi Wall
  • North Bondi*
  • Flat Rock - South Bondi*
  • Shark Point*
  • Clovelly Pool*
  • Thompsons Bay (Gordons Bay)*
  • Wedding Cake Island North West**
  • Wedding Cake Island South East**
  • Mistral Point
  • Mahon Pool*
  • South Maroubra*
  • Magic Point Sharks**
  • Red Flag
  • Rifle Range Reef
  • Tyre Reef
  • Yellow Rock
  • Long Bay*
  • Tupia Point - Malabar
  • Little Bay*
  • Little Bay - 4th Hole*
  • M & K Reef
  • Isolated Cemetery
  • Truck Tyre Reef/Pistol Point - Little Bay
  • Pistol Crack - Little Bay
  • Jolong
  • Cape Banks Bridge**
  • Cape Banks**
  • Bypass Reef

  • Botany Bay (Inside)


  • Minmi Trench
  • Cruwee Cove **
  • Henry Head
  • Indian Point**
  • Bare Island - Summary
  • Bare Island - Circumnavigation*
  • Bare Island - Bombora*
  • Bare Island - Right (Western Side)*
  • Bare Island - Deep Wall*
  • Bare Island - Deep Wall/Half Circumnavigation*
  • Bare Island - Isolated Reefs*
  • Bare Island - Left (Eastern Side)*
  • Bare Island - Marine Life - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Nudibranches - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Pygmy Pipehorses
  • Bare Island - Sea Horses - Note: not a dive
  • La Perouse Bay Drift*
  • La Perouse Point*
  • The Container Wall*
  • The Monuments*
  • Inscription Point to The Monuments*
  • Inscription Point*
  • The Leap Drift - Kurnell*
  • The Leap Deep
  • Yena Wall*

  • Botany Bay to Bate Bay


  • Anchor Reef
  • Yena Gap Outer Reef
  • Whale Watching Platform
  • GT Reef
  • Tabbagai Gap
  • Tabbagai Point
  • Big Saigon
  • Little Saigon

  • Cronulla/Bate Bay and Port Hacking


  • The Wanderers
  • Xanadu Reef
  • Voodoo
  • Osborn Shoal
  • Osborn Shoal East
  • Osborn Shoal East Drift
  • Osborn Shoal South West
  • Osborn Shoal West
  • Middle Ground North
  • Middle Ground
  • Six Fathom Reef
  • Windy Point*
  • Windy Point to Oak Park Drift*
  • Oak Park*
  • Oak Park to Bass and Flinders*
  • Bass and Flinders*
  • Shiprock*
  • Lilli Pilli*
  • Yowie Bay Boat Ramp*
  • Yowie Point

  • Royal National Park


  • Blue Devil Reef
  • Oporto Reef
  • Red Rooster Reef
  • Hungry Jacks
  • Maccas Reef
  • KFC
  • Fish (Pizza) Reef
  • Jibbon Bombora
  • The Split
  • Barrens Hut
  • Tumbledowns Drift
  • Tumbledowns
  • The Gullies - also called Underwater Wilderness
  • Underwater Wilderness
  • JD Reef (North)
  • One Spot Reef
  • The Cutting North Reef
  • The Cutting
  • The Balcony
  • Marys Reef
  • Marley Point
  • Marley Point North
  • Wattamolla Point


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