Blogs from Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Wed 10th. The morning broke bright and clear, so Marg and I decided to leave David and Mary to watch the grass grow at Narrung, and also to solve a mystery that David and I observed on two occasions. When David was out on the jetty he saw a semi submerged something swimming at high speed across from the jetty and disappeared into nothing. Some time later I observed the same thing and managed to get a poor photo of the semi-submerged critter. Enough to know it wasn't a snake swimming. I had wondered if it was a coot due to the colour. More on this mystery later. Tom Tom advised that the destination we wanted was via a 93k loop road, whereas we knew that there was a free vehicular ferry, and the destination should ... read more