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18/11/2007: "CAPTAIN C WEED ...... Diver, Ron Isbell"

Captain of the dive charter boat Sea Hunt (and later Tropic Rover) was spear fishing and breath hold champion Ron Isbell now of Zilzie, Queensland.

Demonstrating here how early divers made their own gear. The bucket has a viewing window.

Flipper/fins are old sand shoes with butter-box lids screwed to the sole.

The Captain C.Weed character was introduced to the public with a short comedy film premiered at Oceans (diving congress) in Melbourne about 1974.

Later, highlights were edited into the traveling film show and feature length documentary Australian Seafari.

The theme of underwater comedy in 16mm dive films was a Dick Anderson specialty in Californian underwater film festivals that proved popular with non-diving Australian audiences too.