Reef Rendezvous - Episode 63
Join us this week as we visit the Broadhurst Corals on the Great Barrier Reef. We check the anchorage with our drone, go free diving and spearfishing and rendezvous with Meg and Darren from SV Sarean.
Troy also shares a little information on some edible tropical fish, as well as, some squid secrets and I prepare a couple of tasty pickled fish jars.
We hope you enjoy it!
Pascale
Comments (29)
Hi guys I was watching some of the footage of yourselves and others navigating coral bomies and shoals and how clear it looks from a drone and was wondering why no one has a camera fitted to or hoistable to the masthead and facing forward and down to give a much better perspective streamed to your tablet what do you think or am i just reinventing the wheel.
Larger deep draught vessels do indeed follow this plan but looking through Polaroids gives me a very accurate idea of depth on coral because of how long I've been doing it. Less is more in yacht equipment if you're a cruiser on a modest budget.
Great video, always learn something from you both. Hope you guys are OK for TC Owen. All the Best.
Thanks Peter. Looks like TC Owen is soon to be ex TC Owen and shouldn't be more than a minor inconvenience.
Hey guys great vid, are you guys heading further south for cyclone season or jus staying in the tropics?Whats the plan for next winter? PNG?
Heading south on the northerlies, enjoy Nth NSW for winter and get in position for a summer doing Tassie.
Enjoyed the underwater shots and use of drone. You failed to introduce the lady on the other boat and she was doing much of the work... bouncing up an down out of the galley.
The pitfalls of a poor upbringing...
Wow, your video was great!
Thank you sir
:)
Wonderful episode! Loved the beautiful reef footage, and the drone shots to give us the birds eye view. Darin and Meg are wonderful! Great to see all of you together. I have been enjoying their videos so much over the last week. Thanks for the tip on another fantastic channel! They are now my second favorite Aussie sailing couple ;)
Second favourite 😄. We catch up with them about the traps a bit and hope to see more of them as we head south. Good people.
Great video! Loved it! Don't worry about the drone shots... it is great to get another perspective. I noticed something fairly large in the distance (diving?) between 8:16 and 8:19... any idea what that was...? My mouth was watering for Pascale's pickled fish! YUMM!!!
There's a question I can't answer until I dig out the footage again. I'll go have a look. The honey mustard jar was incredible though the Thai style one was more decorative (and still delicious).
Once again, well done! Your a great editor Pascale! Nice footage of the waves over reef, great place to leave skin behind in my experience 😮 lol... I will try the pickled permit with my next one...
Luckily the surf wasn't too heavy and Pascy has plenty of experience from her time as a volunteer surf Life saver. No end to her talents.
Nice, and daring drone shot; you two diving overboard to go snorkelling... How did you manage that? You just put the remote down for a while...?
Exactly Rob. We left it to hover in GPS mode and jumped. You better believe I raced back though once the shot was done..
I quite liked the "Grumpy Spotted Cod" ;-) I'm not sure what it really was but I can appreciate his mood ;-) Love the drone shots, must have been nice having an extra camera operator!
That guy is called a Barramundi Cod in Australia but Panther Grouper is a more familiar term with international divers. Plenty of personality but also tasty which explains the grumpiness. They are protected species in Queensland. Yep, the drone makes a great extra crew who doesn't need feeding!
Don't worry about having too many drone shots, they and the underwater shot compliment each other very well. As a viewer it is nice to see your surrounding from the air, which is a totally different perspective and much more comprehensive than from the boat. I thought it was neat seeing the wave, that almost got Pascale, from a underwater view, I don't remember seeing one of waves before. Pascale your pickled fish looks great. Nice video.
It's a fun challenge to get the most interesting shots we can so adding a drone to the mix gives another dimension. In our Ashmore video we do a bit of Pascale body surfing with mask and snorkel. Great fun.
Woohoo, back in time to hairy troy and more diving vids :)
Nice video of the barramundi cod, Planning on using a drone for that same purpose, they are a brilliant tool thanks again, John
We looked for the other Barra Cod, as usually they are in pairs but he seemed to be solo. Drone flying over sea can be a little nerve wracking!
Since some days I'm also a follower from Sarean.Also a great couple with a great lifestyle.I will be a pensioner in three years... and then i come. Greetings from Germany..
It was funny to me, see how Troy is running on the seabed.
I used to get around like that a lot when I was a diver on a pearl farm in Exmouth back in the late 90's.