Immigration Museum - Maria Tence

Bron and Pete in the hotseat today, with Cath on the panel. Anth is having the day off, for once on the receiving end of the program.

Yesterday was the official start of the yachting season for Port Phillip Bay, so expect to see more yachts out there from here on.

This week a Victorian fisherman was fined for illegally catching freshwater fish during the closed season - fisheries officers discovered fish in a trap he had left out overnight,

The weather? Not too bad out on the water, but getting bumpier throughout the day.

Community Exhibitions Coordinator Maria Tence, from the Immigration Museum, joins us to talk about Station Pier, which turns 150 years old this year.

The Immigration Museum is celebrating this milestone with an exhibition called "Gateway to a New Life", and highlights the significance that Station Pier in the lives of the many millions of immigrants that have stepped off on to it since it was built in 1854.

Even today, 150 years later Station Pier remains important in the hearts of many immigrants, and unlike many other "entry points" throughout Australia, is still very accessible and a popular landmark for visitors and residents alike.

The exhibition features 160 objects which explore all aspects of immigration relating to Station Pier - a great excuse to get down and discover one of Melbourne's premier museums.

Pete is back with his semi-regular bag of televised marine goodies. Coming up we have:

Sunday 3rd, 10:20pm ABC- Voice of the Sea - looking at the relationship six Aussies have with the Ocean.

Friday 8th, 7:30pm National Geographic Channel - Riddles of the Dead:Titanics's Ghosts - tracks down the relatives of some of the unidentified victims of the disaster

Saturday 9th, 1:30pm ABC- Wild and dangerous: Shark Seas - looks at how to avoid trouble and if it strikes, what to do.

Sunday 10th, 5:00pm ABC - Blood of the Vikings: First Blood - a look at what really happened in the period when Vikings roamed the seas around Britain.

Monday 11th, 7:30pm A1 - X Power: Diving - explores two extremes, diving on the wreck of the Niagara of New Zealand in 120 M of water, and the woman's world champion free diver.

Tuesday 12th, 7:30pm, A1 - The Deeper Blue: A free Diver Story - looks a a man who doesn't like to take a deep breath before diving

Wednesday 13th, 7:30pm A1 - Florida Cave Diving and 9:30pm ABC - Paradise Drowned:Tuvalu: The Disappearing Nation - tells the story of a country that will be sunk if the sea levels rise.

Thursday 14 7:30pm, A1 - Salvage Divers, followed by 11:05pm, ABC - The Woman on the Beach (1947) and I walked with a Zombie - set on a Caribbean island.

Friday 15th, 7:30, A1 - Diving the world is exactly what it sounds like.

Saturday 16th, 2:00pm, ABC - Sinbad the Sailor - a classic.

Sunday 17th, 5:00pm, ABC- Blood of the Vikings: Invasion.

Thursday 19th, 8:00pm, ABC - Reality Bites: Inventions from the Shed - looks at a space aged oyster sorting machine.

Sunday 24th, 7:30pm, National Geographic - Hitler's Lost Subs - the story of a man diving to a barge, and finding it was a WWII German Sub.

Tuesday 26th, 7:30pm, National Geographic - Shark Business - looking at a new "adrenaline" eco tourism industry.

Marinara's resident expert joins us to talk about Australia's supposed first "lady diver" - we are treated to a snippet from 1939, where we hear about the exploits of a young woman by the name of Nancy Ellingworth, foraging around on the floor of Sydney Harbour in full diving dress, emerging to put on a fresh coat of lippy and return to being a lady in 1930s Australia.

We also delve into the history of pearling in Australia, where before the Japanese were involved in the industry, Aboriginal divers were employed to dive to depths of up to sixty feet in search of oysters.

History of diving in Australia in 8 minutes! If you want to find out more detail at your leisure, get a copy of Jeff's book "Divers in Time", available at all good dive shops - time to start thinking about Christmas!

"Nanny's Farewell "

"Trouble Follows Me"

"Jolene"

Doug Mansfield

Mindy Smith

Brett's happy! He's excited! He's seconds away from jumping into the water off the Sorrento Backbeach, where the water is calm, hopefully clear, and even gradually warming up a summer makes its way toward us.

No excuses for not getting out there somewhere today, if you are in any way underwater-minded.