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| This might be a perlicata from Lihou Reef - (all volutes are endemic to their geographical area). |
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| Live specimen - yes a thatcheri. |
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| Orange shell is Volute thatcheri - found by divers at Chesterfield Reef area Volute thatcheri is still a very rare shell, found only at Chesterfield Reef. |
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| Ron Taylor driving his own boat. |
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| Self EXPEDITION TO CHESTERFIELD REEF |
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Val Taylor - her story of the trip (incomplete) published in the former American diving magazine, Skin Diver.  |
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| Marine biologist Richard Ibara (USA) |
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| Richard Ibara and John Harding (senior) |
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| Twin screw motor vessel (TSMV) Coralita, launched in 1969 was 79 feet in length. |
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| Yeppoon Shell Club, Tom Neilson |
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| Val Taylor uses a medium format camera in a case (housing) built by her husband |
Filmed by two 16mm camera's simultaneously
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| Ron Taylor (left) inspired a night dive despite many grey reef sharks around the boat. |
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| Only building on Loop Island |
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| John Harding (senior) |
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| Dewey Bergman of Sea and Sea dive travel, San Francisco |
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| Nesting birds disturbed into the air upon our arrival. |
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| Quest was for volute sea shell known as thatcheri. Keen shell collector who first searched for a voluta thatcheri |
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