Large female white shark photographed in May 2015 during the late fall of the Southern hemisphere. It was to be a historic gathering of White shark conservationists and eco-tour operators from the world's shark hotspots to dive with Rodney Fox Shark Divers in the Neptune Islands. Friends gathered in Port Lincoln from South Africa, Canada, Reunion Island, New Zealand and the USA to make the 40 mile journey to the area where white sharks traditionally aggregate at this time yea

I am late in reporting on the journey to South Australia which was both exciting (a first visit to a remote location) and frustrating in the moment (white sharks were scarce in the Neptunes). More on this later. But nothing could have prepared me for what came next!! Petrified tree roots in limestone frame the Southern ocean swell at the SW end of Kangaroo Island just a few weeks before fire destroyed the area. As planned we made our way out to Kangaroo Island on a short plan