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Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Monarto May 5th 2013

Sunday 5th May We love being woken with birdsong and waves swishing on the shoreline. Today we were woken by some great rumbling thunder and wondered if we should cancel the day and hide under the blankets for 24 hours. Oh joy, within half an hour the sun was out and any thought of wasting the day vanished. As an aside, while we slept well at Elliston, the occupiers of a pop-top caravan next to us didn't. Every few minutes a gum nut would drop from the tree and land on his tin roof with a real 'Plop'. On more than one occasion it wasn't one, but rather a shower from a pretty tall tree. I hope they had the gumption to ask for our gum nut free site after we left this morning. Marg was ... read more
Colton Breadshop
Colton Anglican Church
Venus Bay

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Monarto November 20th 2008

We planned to stay in Strathalbyn for just one or two nights, but ended up staying three with a day to relax plus a day trip to Monarto Safari Park. The latter was a great day. The highlight for Alex was the Giraffe feeding; for Thomas it was the Meerkats; for Mark it was getting up close and personal with the White Rhino, which included patting it; while Annelies wanted to take one of the 4-year old Cheetahs home as they had been hand-reared and were as friendly as dogs. Thomas: “I loved the Meerkats and thought they were gorgeous when they flicked their food around. Normally they eat poisonous food, so they flick it around to make sure it is dead before they try to eat it”. Annelies: “Monarto Zoo was probably the best zoo ... read more
Meerkats
Ibutho
Writing letters to Santa

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Monarto March 6th 2008

Monday 3rd March. We are finally on the road after 2 weeks at Peta's place in Adelaide doing odd jobs and maintenance around the house. Also had the 12 Volt fridge problem fixed. Headed north then down the eastern side of Yorke Peninsular. First stop was at Port Parham for some blue swimmer crab 'Raking'. That involves walking out acros the sandy flats, at low tide, and dragging arake through the sand looking for crabs that did not want to be disturbed. Then down to Ardrossen, a quiet little village by the gulf. Blue swimmer crabs are everywhere and people are taking them by the Esky full. All the gulfside villages are or have been involved in the export of wheat, wool, gypsum, salt or limestone. The roads are quite reasonable, even the dirt tracks out ... read more
Leonie 'Raking' for crabs
Wool Bay
Kemp Bay




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