tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52487324790729284772012-02-11T14:21:23.475-08:00Freelance photojournalists living at Leigh. Authors and photographers of six books. They also have a company called Discover Goat Island where they take schools and other groups snorkelling or exploring the rocky shore at Goat Island, Leigh, NZTony and Jenny Enderbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938754762634859906noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248732479072928477.post-20451697748669530072012-01-30T20:16:00.000-08:002012-02-11T14:09:05.986-08:00

Our new book, Know Your New Zealand Fishes is now out. Get a copy at your local bookshop or email us. Blue, blue skies and clear water at the start of February. The visibility in the water is just amazing and I can't wait to get back in tomorrow. Come and stay this month in our Bed and breakfast and you too can enjoy the sea.

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Having fun at Goat Island Welcome to 2012. Weather has been changeable but the last few days of the month were great. We've taken heaps of visitors on guided snorkelling experiences and have also been out for a few scuba dives. Good visibility and calm conditions.  Checkout our website on www.discovergoatisland.co.nz and you can see vacancies on the Book It link for our bed and breakfast. Our

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Flowering Pohutukawa Tree We escaped for a 2-week break. Firstly 3 nights in Sydney, then off to Lord Howe Island. What a magic place! If you're a nature lover then that's the place to be for the birds, the bush, the marine life both diving and snorkelling and much more. Hire a bicycle to get around, enjoy the walks, and you won't want to leave. On our return home we took quite a few

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Kowhai Festival - Warkworth Water conditions have been nice and clear at Goat Island and warming up rapidly with these lovely sunny days. We've been taking lots of snorkellers out this month. Now we're going on a short holiday before the busy Christmas holidays. First Sydney, then Lord Howe Island.

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Our birthday month included snorkelling with bottlenose dolphins several times, while taking out guided snorkelling tours at Goat Island. Nationalities taken snorkelling include Irish, English, American, Kiwi, Indonesian, Chinese and Indian. Orca passed the Leigh coast at least twice, but we just had fleeting glimpses this time or arrived too late!

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A couple of nights at Wai Hou Oma Lodge at Kai Iwi Lakes. Very relaxing, wonderful gardens and lake, peaceful and plenty of good food and wine. Cycled around Lake Taharoa and Lake Waikare. Wonderful spring weather, cool nights but sunny days. This month the Rugby World Cup games begin. Plenty of visitors to NZ and we have put up our buntings to welcome anyone coming to stay in our bed and

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We visited Vanuatu for a couple of weeks and dived in 26degC water. Dive sites included the famous President Coolidge, Million Dollar Point and various places at Port Vila. Our highlight was walking up Mt Yasur on Tanna Island and standing on the edge of the volcano as it spewed upwards. Wow! Back in Leigh we've had heaps of Bryde's whales off the coast and bottlenose dolphins. Went kayaking at

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Winter has set in now and we're looking forward to our Vanuatu trip, just for the warmth. Had a lovely couple stay in our b&b who were visiting from New Jersey. Sunny days with showery cool weather and windy. We're hoping for a day or two away in a lovely lodge by the Kai Iwi Lakes. It's one of those amazing Grab One Deals. Also have some photo books to complete from Photo Deals. Another deal was

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Delivered our finished book to publisher then caught up with family and friends. Now at last we can catch up on other things that have been mounting up. Not too cold for diving yet but seas mostly not good. Tony attended a senior fire fighters course in Mt Wellington. Photograph of 3 x Tony on beach at Goat Island. Went to the opening of the Edith Blackwell Interpretative Centre at the Leigh

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Finally got to the Poor Knights for two days diving with Dive Tutukaka. Always enjoyable, colourful and fun! So much to see and photograph. Captured a few fish images for our new book plus colourful invertebrates and even some whale bones! Nice sunrise from our accommodation at the Pacific Rendezvous looking over the Tutukaka Harbour entrance and out to the Knights. Also dived at Great Barrier

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Weather improved and we took students from Mission Heights Junior College, snorkelling at Goat Island. Water lovely and warm - around 20degC - almost unheard of for April. Next was a school group from Rosehill Intermediate School - 66 students who enjoyed the snorkelling adventure after several postponements due to the weather. Will get back to writing our new book and going scuba diving.

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March started with good weather to take Stanley Bay Primary School students snorkelling. Next was helping the LEARNZ visit to Goat Island. March 7th spotted a giant boarfish near the beach. Visits by Thames High School and Manurewa Central School.A couple of amazing days diving at the Knights, 25m vis, one shark, 5 long-finned boarfish, a spotted black groper, hundreds of jellyfish and thousands

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Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Kura Kokiri from Tauranga came snorkelling and had a great afternoon at Goat Island. Pinehurst School from Albany brought students to Goat Island where we all snorkelled and then explored the rocky shore at lowtide. Also guided a scout venturers group.Lastest Dive NZ magazine has our article on South Island diving. www.divenewzealand.com. Had a couple of dives at the

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A great start to the year as we are kept busy taking numerous people on guided snorkelling courses at Goat Island. Lovely to see the wide range of nationalities - Indian, Chinese, Kiwi, English, Norwegian, Spanish, Iranian, Japanese, Turkish, Tanzanian, Vietnamese, Australian, American, Canadian, German and probably a few others. Most snorkellers are inexperienced but keen to have a go and learn

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We took students from Te Hihi School and Rosehill Intermediate School snorkelling at Goat Island. Dived in Leigh Harbour where there were some huge sea hares, nudibranchs and a shy conger eel. Water is clear and warming up. December 17th weather not so good but found a sheltered place to dive - The Outpost at Leigh. Nice clear water, kingfish, porae, rays, goatfish, Wellington nudibranchs,

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Finished the Spot X Walking book. At Ohakune we walked to the Waitonga Falls, cycled the Old Coach Road and walked around Lake Rotokura. Visited Lake Atiamuri, Arapuni Dam and Jones Landing. Maungatautari was awesome! At the top of the viewing platform, a kaka landed alongside Tony. I didn't catch the moment on film! Must go back soon. Also walked to the Hakarimata Summit at Ngaruawahia. Took

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Our birthday month which starts off with a great movie "The Concert" followed by delicious lunch at Matakana Market Kitchen,then a tasty dinner at the Portside Cafe in Leigh.Took a group of six Asian students from Rotorua, snorkelling at Goat Island. We had a great time and stayed nice and warm. A very nice group of girls! A busy time as we write our 7th book with a very short deadline for Spot

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On tour with Africa in Focus who we can highly recommend. Arrived at the Cape Cross seal colony and stayed at Swakopmund in a bed! Pleased to be back camping after 3 nights. Early start to Dune 45 at Sossusvlei and on to Fish River Canyon. Paddled a canoe/kayak along the Orange River which was green! Long drives to South Africa, sampling vineyards and cheese along the way. More cheetah and birds

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Wintery weather to start the month. Dived at Ti Point Wharf which had good visibility and plenty of interesting things to photograph. Poured with rain as we emerged from our dive and visibility changed very quickly. Saw the movie "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" at Matakana. Saw "Skin" as well before leaving for Africa where we joined an overland 4 x 4 truck at Livingstone in Zambia. First

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Weather good enough to take the boat out and dive. Tried our new Sea & Sea strobe and all worked well. Took a few new self portraits of us diving and models with kina and seastars. Water is now 14-15 degC.July 9th, we had the ultimate day out with Orca - lots of them - in Kawau Bay. It was just amazing having so many to watch as they hunted for rays.The following week southern right whales were

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Saw the movie 'The Hedgehog' which was good with a surprise ending! Also had a good laugh with Sex & the City. Had vaccinations for our trip to Africa - typhoid, tetanus, Hep A & B, whooping cough, flu, and whatever else is needed. We both qualified as SSI Digital Underwater Photography Instructors and put together a photo course. Email if you want to book enderby@enderby.co.nz or view website

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Suddenly a change in the weather with plenty of rain and wind. Good time to renovate - painted our office demolished our old bathroom and replaced with new shower etc. Good chance to catch up with writing and finalise plans for our trip to Africa later this year.May 15th we took our boat out for a bit of fishing and came across a pair of bottlenose dolphins in Leigh Harbour. May 16th dived near

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Snorkelled in Whangateau Harbour for our first go with the Sea & Sea DX2G using a 16mm lens and natural light. A couple of days later dived at Goat Island, even though the vis wasn't great as there was still some swell. Plenty of fish around to have a go at photographing using the 16mm lens and the new strobe. A couple of dives at the Outpost and some good results with the Sea & Sea.Had two days

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Busy time guiding schools and other groups snorkelling at Tawharanui and Goat Island. Visit our website Discover Goat Island for more information. You can also check out our blog site which tells a little about schools who have been out with us. goatislandsnorkel.blogspot.comHelped during the Seaweek event at Goat Island then had a relaxing break away sailing from Opua in the Bay of Islands to

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Went to More FM Winery Tour at Ascension Vineyard to hear Tim Finn, Bic Runga, Dave Dobbyn, Boh Runga and Che Fu.Guided American group, snorkelling in the marine reserve and saw plenty of snapper, leatherjackets and other fish. www.discovergoatisland.co.nzCamped at Pouto for a couple of nights, rode our bikes along the beach, past the lighthouse, enjoying the sand dunes and birdlife, while

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The year started with our publication of New Zealand's top ten dive sites in the January issue of Air New Zealand's inflight magazine KiaOra. Guided snorkellers at Goat Island, giving tuition and showing the highlights of the marine reserve. Discover Goat Island. Numerous guests stayed in our bed and breakfast accommodation with visitors from UK, Australia, US, and NZ. Our guests enjoyed

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Christmas Day - paddled kayak with bottlenose dolphins at Goat Island. They jumped out of the water and swam around. Good diving at the Outpost with schools of kingfish, koheru, parore, blue maomao and sweep. Several giant boarfish, porcupinefish and large octopus. Apricot nudibranchs, Tritonia incerta were feeding and laying eggs on the soft corals. December 11th common dolphins rode our boat's

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Took students from a Hamilton school, snorkelling at Goat Island where bottlenose dolphins swam around us. A real buzz! Discover Goat Island - Forest and Bird book Wildlife Encounters features many of our photographs and articles. At Hutt we did a presentation and workshop on photojournalism at the Central Regional Photographic Convention. www.photography.org.nzStayed at Ohakune, went up Mt

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Discover Goat Island took over 170 students from Waikowhai Intermediate School, snorkelling at Goat Island Marine Reserve, over 3 days. We drove to Wellington, stopped at Taihape (the gumboot capital) and Greytown where we found Jenny’s great-great-grandparents gravesites. Stayed at Hutt for the Central Regional Photographic Convention at the old Army Hospital at the Silverstream Resort, now

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The water is warming up and we had a nice dive with the usual huge snapper and crayfish, off the beach at Goat Island, Leigh.On September 30th we guided a local group on Little Barrier Island, a wildlife sanctuary just 22 km from Leigh. Transport was by Apollo, Goat Island Dive’s boat which has been spruced up and is looking good.To arrange a permit for a visit contact the Department of

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Diving the Outpost at Leigh article and images were published in Dive New Zealand magazine. “Return of the Boarfish” article and images published in Forest and Bird magazineEscaped from the cold NZ winter by heading to Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. After hiring a campervan we travelled through Kakadu National Park to Katherine and back to Darwin over two weeks. Enjoyed the

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Stormy days and no thoughts of diving. Plans made for a trip to Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia – somewhere warm and dry – plus good birdlife to photograph. We’ll need to watch out for the crocs! Our Mokohinau Islands dive article and photographs appeared in the July/August issue of Seaspray Magazine.

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Pods of orca visited Goat Island numerous time and followed their usual track around Cape Rodney and alongside the Leigh coast – an awesome site!Contact Dr Ingrid Visser on 0800 733 6722 if you see orca anywhere around the New Zealand coast.

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With a 7-day Transcenic Rail Pass we travelled on the Overlander, Transcoastal and TranzAlpine trains enjoying spectacular views of New Zealand. www.tranzscenic.co.nz. At Cromwell friends showed us the Bannockburn Sidings and remaining buildings from the gold mining era. Over 4 days we cycled the Central Otago Rail Trail from Clyde to Middlemarch – 150kms. An easy ride through open country with

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Supervised a Forest & Bird group visit to Little Barrier Island, a wildlife sanctuary not far from Leigh. Birdlife included kokako, stitchbirds, tomtits, saddlebacks, kaka and kakariki. Also saw tuatara. www.doc.govt.nz. Several visits to Port Waikato included a walk alongside the river to the Heads and back along Sunset Beach.Seaspray magazine published our article and photographs on the Valdes

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Diving at the Mokohinau Islands with Goat Island Dive was a highlight. We even had time for a bit of successful fishing on the way back to Leigh. Later one image was used in the Tide Calender.During Seaweek we showed several groups around Echinoderm Reef looking at the marine life at the Goat Island Marine Reserve. Visited Port Waikato – wild west coast, black sand beach, sand dunes and real

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We helped the LEARNZ group at Goat Island with speakers and talks on the marine reserve. Abby and Jon, from the UK, stayed in our bed and breakfast room and we took them diving at the Outpost, Leigh.Dived at the Knights with Dive Tutukaka and also celebrated 10 years since the Tui. Our article and photographs on diving at Aitutaki and Rarotonga in the Cook Islands was published in the February/

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Started off the year withgood weather and numerous dives at Goat Island. A busy time with visitors, from New Zealand, England and Denmark, staying in our b&b room. www.discovergoatisland.co.nzDiving the Brisbane articlefeatured in Seaspray magazine. This ex-Navy ship was sunk as a purpose-sunk wreck in 2008 and as no-fishing zone, is attracting huge numbers of fish. Harbour Magic was published

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Where to start with our blog? We dived off the beach at Goat Island. Nice vis, huge numbers of fish all around, water warming up and a few jelly-like things floating around. Saw 6 octopus, schools of kahawai, snapper, bluecod, leatherjackets, blue maomao, sweep, spotties and much more. How lucky we are to have a marine reserve just a few minutes drive away!

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