@@alc6799 thank you for your nice comments. I got a laugh when you said your first ‘romance’ happened on LH. Mine was ending when I went on that 1984 trip at 30 years of age. It’s a beautiful place. We’re lucky to have this island, still so pristine, off our shores

@@AussieSpencerSaunder I wonder if anyone has died on the $150 per person, 8 and a 1/2 hour trek, 875m climb and over 12km trek Mt Gower ‘expedition’?

To answer my own question, yes, a man died in 2022 presumably from a heart attack.

@@alc6799 I had heard of a death in relatively recent years. I’m assuming also the chances of slipping and falling even a short distance are fairly high

@@pinoynation4583 maybe there is a not-too-far distant genetic connection between the birds?

@AussieSpencerSaunder Apparently they belong to the same family (rail family) of flightless birds. 🫨

It was certainly ‘different’! And I’ve been ocean diving a lot of places for many decades

@@sauces_official that’s my pleasure. Thank you for your nice feedback

@@tanyastewartesq.512 I like that! Quite possibly

That's the first attempt at an explanation I've had yet! But I can visualize that!

@@JourneyWithLiane great Liane! I know you’ll enjoy it. Thanks for the feedback

@@oliviamcdougall5100 thank you for the feedback Olivia. I very much appreciate your comment. I hope you get there one day

Thanks Alailee. I appreciate your nice feedback

@@bobknee5775 thank you Bobknee. Much appreciated

nice one Jaco its costa

That’s wonderful Jaco. It makes me happy that it appealed to your young students

I did a ‘fly over’ with a small drone at the last exhibit of the Bowerbirds a few years back. I’m not sure if it’s on my KZbin channel. You could do a search for “Mark Spencer Bowerbirds quilt show”

Aw! Thanks Jim. That's nice of you. I'm keen to look at your recently posted video. Just in a whirl-wind of activity at present - even at night. I'll revert to you very soon

@@AussieSpencerSaunder Keep up the great work mate!

@@musicman53 thank you for the nice feedback and also for the sympathy and understanding regarding my attempt to climb Mt Gower. Going a slower pace might have helped. If you haven’t been there before, enjoy your experience. There are lots of other good walks/climbs to do that aren’t quite as taxing

@@allancron1936 thank you Allan. I wonder if anyone has ever studied a possible evolutionary connection between the two woodhens?

@@zinaidaivannikova2164 it’s a pleasure, and thank you for the nice complement

Thanks for that nice feedback, Paul. Appreciate that

@@Burbs1976 thank you. I tend to forget my age and just expect I can do anything I put my intentions to. I’m sure you’ll enjoy your time there. February is a good time to go

@@shivaunwhite4549 hi Shivaun. Thanks for the nice feedback. The snorkelling is wonderful and safe. “That hill” climb was certainly harder than I expected. Enjoy your trip. I wish you an enjoyable time

Thank you Kevin. I’ll work on the voiceover skills, but I’ll admit it turned out better than I expected

Thank you Roji. I very much appreciate your feedback on the recently posted video. If you come to Australia - and I hope you do - you should include a visit to Lord Howe Island. As you say, it is very different in topography than Norfolk Island. But allow (ideally) two years of planning, because accommodation can be difficult to book within a year. Thanks too for looking at my website. The site (which needs updating) is on my book “Ocean of Self - Beneath the waves of our individual selves”. That book is a treatise on consciousness and spirituality related through my decades of ocean diving and meditation. I hope it’s a book to your liking

Thanks Tracey. We’re going to do it again in March, along with some family members. Fortunately, rail trails tend to be reasonably flat, so we can just enjoy the biking in fresh air with great scenery

Good idea Tim. Maybe, eventually, all these services will be open all the time with more regular customers

That’s nice feedback anyway Thomas. I’m betting you have many nice bike trails in Florida to keep you occupied

Thank you ‘Moses’. That’s very kind of you. Have a wonderful Christmas too. Mark

Thank you Jim. That’s a lovely comment given that you were my mentor in deep diving and underwater photography and inspired me to engross myself in diving adventures.