I did my qualifying ocean SCUBA dive not far from there on the 5th April 1960. I was 14 years old, now 77. I’ve been diving under the Mornington pier many times and I also thank you for the memories. My Grandmother lived in Mornington and ran a Habidashery shop down towards the bottom end of Main Street. I used to go there for holidays every year from age 8 and have memories of Mornington that are priceless. Your footage is a bit like a big aquarium really.
Hi AV. The (yellow) starfish are an absolute pest in Port Phillip Bay. They're called Northern Pacific Seastars. They were was first confirmed in Victoria in the mid 1990s. They were believed to have been introduced into Australia through ships' ballast water from Japan. These starfish have detrimental effects on native marine organisms, mainly because they are voracious predators that eat a wide range of native marine life. They can have a major impact on populations of native shellfish, which are important components of the Port Phillip marine food chain. They have been recorded feeding on a variety of native animals including shellfish, worms, sea urchins and other seastars. Spawning occurs during winter when water temperatures are around 10 to 12°C. Females are capable of producing up to 20 million eggs each. Once alternative food sources have been exhausted they can become cannibalistic. But the good news - I was down there a few months back, and hardly a Northern Pacific Seastar in sight! A number of dive clubs have 'clean up' dives, where divers collect and remove these pesky critters. (It's a fun day of diving and for a very good cause! Sorry for the long winded response - but you did ask!
@@csgproductions thanks for your reply... i asked coz i grew up in Geelong. snorkeled most of Corio Bay, and around Stingaree Bay, as well as around from Pt Henry to Queenscliff. fave spot was floating around the shoreline reefs of Indented Head at low tide. very cool as a kid to see such sea life in 2 - 6ft of water. did a bit off the rocks outside the heads, particularly around the Cheviot Beach to Portsea surf beach area... awesome but gotta pick the day coz it is a surf area. if you use Google Earth then check out around Cheviot Beach 04/2019 on the timeline. it was so flat and clear one day just like in the google shot and visibilty was 50m+... most memorable time. there were a few starfish then in the 70's and 80's, but i don't remember seeing the pointed curly tipped arm ones... took people a long time to realise ballast water is a problem.... but i'd never seen as many as in your vid. good to hear groups grab what they can.... cheers.
nice music ,......................................................................................................................................im awake now
That's because they're all hiding under the pier! They know! A few years back, the pier was under construction, with pedestrian/fishing access blocked at half way down the pier. No fishing access - but divers could still go. Under the back half of the pier was like being in an aquarium! It was amazing! thanks for watching. - Colin
Thanks Suz. The starfish are an absolute pest in Port Phillip Bay. They're called Northern Pacific Seastars. They were was first confirmed in Victoria in the mid 1990s, with the first adult Northern Pacific Seastar caught off Point Cook. They were believed to have been introduced into Australia through ships' ballast water from Japan. These starfish have detrimental effects on native marine organisms, mainly because they are voracious predators that eat a wide range of native marine life. They can have a major impact on populations of native shellfish, which are important components of the Port Phillip marine food chain. They have been recorded feeding on a variety of native animals including shellfish (bivalve and gastropod molluscs, barnacles, crabs, other crustaceans), worms, sea urchins, other seastars. Spawning occurs during winter when water temperatures are around 10 to 12°C. Females are capable of producing up to 20 million eggs each. Once alternative food sources have been exhausted they can become cannibalistic. (so...too much information?) The shopping trolley is also a pest. Believed to have originated from Coles...
I did my qualifying ocean SCUBA dive not far from there on the 5th April 1960. I was 14 years old, now 77. I’ve been diving under the Mornington pier many times and I also thank you for the memories. My Grandmother lived in Mornington and ran a Habidashery shop down towards the bottom end of Main Street. I used to go there for holidays every year from age 8 and have memories of Mornington that are priceless. Your footage is a bit like a big aquarium really.
I'm always up for a dive buddy, if you're still keen!
Videos like yours help older ex divers still appreciate the beauty below the surface…thanks heaps
thanks Steve. I'm older, but not an ex-diver ... yet! :)
Wow. That was great. I've dived at Portsea which was quite interesting but never here. Thanks for sharing.
thanks Nat. (Mornington's a long way from the outback though! ) 😀
3:03 WAS THAT A KINGFISH?! Awesome video as well mate, so interesting.
No A Butter Fish.
Cheers for sharing mate
Very cool vid 👍
Thanks Shane!
well done Colin
nice vid could you do this at another pier like portsea or blairgowrie
Hi. I've already done Portsea Pier and Blairgowrie. They're on RUclips.
Here's Portsea: ruclips.net/video/eSbA3pg-TDU/видео.html
And here's Blairgowrie: ruclips.net/video/CPF-N5OnzE4/видео.html
Thanks for watching! Cheers!
@@csgproductions thanks mate I will check them out
Just wondering what camera you used. Good video
Hi Tiree. I use a GoPro Hero 8 Black. 4k and 50 fps. That's it. Oh, and the occasional lighting underwater ! Cheers - Colin
...actually, that one was done on a GoPro Hero3+ Black. Filmed in 1080 HD at 25 fps. And a Mavic Air drone (also 1080 HD @ 25 fps) - CG
Get a bag a help get rid of those purple point seastars.
Nice vid 2..
are those starfish native to the bay? seems to be a lot of them.
Hi AV. The (yellow) starfish are an absolute pest in Port Phillip Bay. They're called Northern Pacific Seastars.
They were was first confirmed in Victoria in the mid 1990s. They were believed to have been introduced into Australia through ships' ballast water from Japan. These starfish have detrimental effects on native marine organisms, mainly because they are voracious predators that eat a wide range of native marine life. They can have a major impact on populations of native shellfish, which are important components of the Port Phillip marine food chain. They have been recorded feeding on a variety of native animals including shellfish, worms, sea urchins and other seastars. Spawning occurs during winter when water temperatures are around 10 to 12°C. Females are capable of producing up to 20 million eggs each. Once alternative food sources have been exhausted they can become cannibalistic.
But the good news - I was down there a few months back, and hardly a Northern Pacific Seastar in sight! A number of dive clubs have 'clean up' dives, where divers collect and remove these pesky critters. (It's a fun day of diving and for a very good cause!
Sorry for the long winded response - but you did ask!
@@csgproductions thanks for your reply... i asked coz i grew up in Geelong. snorkeled most of Corio Bay, and around Stingaree Bay, as well as around from Pt Henry to Queenscliff. fave spot was floating around the shoreline reefs of Indented Head at low tide. very cool as a kid to see such sea life in 2 - 6ft of water.
did a bit off the rocks outside the heads, particularly around the Cheviot Beach to Portsea surf beach area... awesome but gotta pick the day coz it is a surf area. if you use Google Earth then check out around Cheviot Beach 04/2019 on the timeline. it was so flat and clear one day just like in the google shot and visibilty was 50m+... most memorable time.
there were a few starfish then in the 70's and 80's, but i don't remember seeing the pointed curly tipped arm ones... took people a long time to realise ballast water is a problem.... but i'd never seen as many as in your vid. good to hear groups grab what they can.... cheers.
nice music ,......................................................................................................................................im awake now
Hah! I was thinking of using something like Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart. But for the good of mankind, I just couldn't do it.
Wow. I had no idea all that life was under there. I never catch anything.
That's because they're all hiding under the pier! They know! A few years back, the pier was under construction, with pedestrian/fishing access blocked at half way down the pier. No fishing access - but divers could still go. Under the back half of the pier was like being in an aquarium! It was amazing!
thanks for watching. - Colin
A few starfish around, Colin. Are they a pest? Loved the shopping trolley!
Thanks Suz. The starfish are an absolute pest in Port Phillip Bay. They're called Northern Pacific Seastars.
They were was first confirmed in Victoria in the mid 1990s, with the first adult Northern Pacific Seastar caught off Point Cook. They were believed to have been introduced into Australia through ships' ballast water from Japan. These starfish have detrimental effects on native marine organisms, mainly because they are voracious predators that eat a wide range of native marine life. They can have a major impact on populations of native shellfish, which are important components of the Port Phillip marine food chain. They have been recorded feeding on a variety of native animals including shellfish (bivalve and gastropod molluscs, barnacles, crabs, other crustaceans), worms, sea urchins, other seastars. Spawning occurs during winter when water temperatures are around 10 to 12°C. Females are capable of producing up to 20 million eggs each. Once alternative food sources have been exhausted they can become cannibalistic. (so...too much information?)
The shopping trolley is also a pest. Believed to have originated from Coles...
非常的棒！
谢谢！