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28/07/2007: "CAPTAIN'S OF CORALITA - - -Legendary Dive Boat"
Wally Muller - a former professional fisherman who privately charted The Swain Reefs, built Coralita at the Norman R. Wright shipyard in Brisbane, 1969. Ran the boat for 16 years until it was sold.
Alby Ziebell quit professional Tasmanian abalone diving when he heard Coralita was for sale, operated the boat with his wife Irene between 1985 - 1992.
Home port began at Yeppoon, on the central Queensland Coast's Tropic of Capricorn.
Alby Ziebell saw a good opening at Cairns and moved his young family north.
It was the premier dive boat working The Coral Sea. Many adventures occurred for both men.
Wally grew tired of entertaining people he knew he'd never see again and lost interest after 16 years and two failed marriages.
Alby had the energy and visions the boat needed. His service to many high profile diver-photographers was above first class as was Alby's underwater photography.
Osprey Reef shark dives became his specialty after Alby discovered schooling hammerheads at North Horn, the northern tip of this great reef surrounded by very deep waters.
