"X marks the spot"
A large jellyfish at Tumby Bay SA.

"Watching Spot"
Facial closeup of a Leafy Sea Dragon.
A lcoal Leafy at Tumby Bay I have named due to his individual "spot" on his crown.
Shortlisted!

"Home sweet home"
Common Octopus at home in a beer bottle.

"Home on the Reeds"
A large Leafy Sea Dragon ao Tumby Bay jetty South Australia.
Shortlisted!

" Jetty life"
A Leafy Sea Dragon just cruising around its habitat.

Jelly Fish Southern Australia Portsea Victoria Australia by Jean-Yves Bignoux

"Nice Nudi"
Orange Nudibranch

"Cray Days"
A Southern Rock Lobster sitting at the front of its hideaway.

"Fatherly Duties"
A male Leafy Sea Dragon laden with eggs.
The males carry the eggs to hatching.
At Tumby Bay. South Australia.
Shortlisted!

" The King and I "
A Short-Head Seahorse at Tumby Bay jetty. SA

Jelly Fish Victoria Australia

Nudi Spotlight
Shortlisted!

Leafy Sea Dragon taken at the Rapid Bay Jetty on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. It took 5 dives just to find this guy, but when I did I spent the whole dive with him. You can tell he is a male by the recently hatched egg sacks on his tail
Shortlisted!
Through to 2010 awards final round judging

Leafy Sea Dragon at the Rapid Bay Jetty on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. Taken using an Olympus Mju Tough 8010 compact camera in Olympus PT-048 housing. December 2010

Look familiar? I'm not surprised, it's like looking in a mirror, isn't it? Tasmanian Blenny (Parablennius tasmanianus).
Shortlisted!

Painted Stinkfish (Synchiropus papilio)

Tangler close-up, Tasselled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus)

Power!!!!!!!

Short-tailed nudi
Shortlisted!

Medusa?

Spotted Wobbegong or Carpet Shark, sleeping and slowly digesting a former inhabitant of Port Noarlunga. ;-)

A juvenile Port Jackson Shark, resting before another session of terrifying the citizens of Blairgowrie, with it's poisonous dorsal spines. ;-)

Is Nessie simply a large seahorse?
Shortlisted!

"Hhmm....that looks interesting, I wonder if I can eat it".

Short-tailed nudibranch (Ceratosoma brevicaudatum)

Victorian Scalyfin (Parma victoriae)
Shortlisted!

"Come on, tuck in!" ........Bridled Leatherjackets (Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus)