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10 September 2010 07:33

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Current Kirrawee Weather

A summary of the current weather conditions at our house at Kirrawee, Sydney, is below. Click here for more Detailed Diving Weather and Conditions. Weather from Michael McFadyen's Tempe Weather Station

Conditions at 7:29 on 10/9/10

Temperature 11.4°C

Humidity 85%

Barometer 1000.38hPa
Rate 0.112hPa/hr

Wind Speed: 0 km/hr

Wind Direction W

Rainfall for Today 0.00mm

Rainfall last hour 0.00 mm

Rainfall last 24 hours 0.00 mm

Rainfall at Start of Month 0.00 mm

Rainfall this Year 0.00 mm

Today's Extremes

High Temperature 12.8°C at 0:00

Low Temperature 10.4°C at 5:51

Peak Wind Gust 0km/hr at 0:00

Weather from Michael McFadyen's Kirrawee Weather Station

Yesterday's Extremes

High Temperature 17.9°C at 13:39

Low Temperature 7.3°C at 5:14

Rainfall at Start of Yesterday 0.00 mm

Rainfall at End of Yesterday 0.00 mm

Weather from Michael McFadyen's Tempe Weather Station

Astronomical Data

Sunrise 6:05

Sunset 17:45

Moonrise 6:40

Moonset 19:56

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Bare Island Pygmy Pipe Horses

Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - Pygmy Pipehorses of Bare Island Bare Island is the most amazing dive location. There are at least 10 different dives that can be done with only small sections being repeated (on the way to or from the main aim of the dive). The marine life is astounding considering how we have treated Botany Bay since Lieutenant James Cook, RN, first entered the Bay in April 1770 and his compatriate, Captain Arthur Phillip, RN, bought the First Fleet into the same Bay in 1788.

Bare Island has some many different types of marine life that help make it so special. One of these are the Sydney pygmy pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri. The pipehorses are many different colours, white, red, red and white and brown. As far as I can tell, they are all the same species.

Their sizes range from about 8 mm (top right photo where it is next to the tip of my finger) to abnout 40 mm.

The pygmy pipehorses are found in a number of different locations:

The rocks off the cave on the Right Side of Bare Island

Many places on the Isolated Reefs

On the Left side of Bare Island just past the cave

But especially on the rocks off the Deep Wall

SUMMARY

For more information about the dives, go to the Bare Island Dives index.

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