Random thoughts and observations
The Health Department has issued a blue-green algae health warning for the River Torrens downstream of the city weir.
That includes Linear Park, where we like to walk, between the Tapleys Hill Road bridge and the river mouth.
According to Wikipedia, blue-green algae is the common term for cyanobacteria.
When you live as close to the beach as we do it may seem strange to drive 82km to a beach, but that’s what we did today.
We went to Middleton on the Fleurieu Peninsula between Goolwa and Port Elliot. We took the Goolwa road from Mount Compass.
The town is mainly holiday homes, as far as I can tell, but apparently it has a permanent population of 818, according to the 2006 census.
The Old Port Elliot Council Chamber is a tiny building, constructed in 1879.
Port Elliot was proclaimed by the Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Young, on August 28, 1851. He named the town in honour of his friend, Sir Charles Elliot, who was at that time the Governor of Bermuda.
A great future was envisaged for the port, with the construction of a horse-drawn railway from Goolwa to Port Elliot.
I’ve always had a mild interest in tennis. I enjoy playing it and don’t mind watching it, but not to the same degree I follow other sports, especially rugby, cricket and Australian football.
My father taught me to play squash before he let me use his Pancho Gonzales tennis racquet.
Dad was good at both sports until his back injury precluded him from playing much.
The commentary at the end of the video says the Fitzroy faithful dare dream of their first premiership in 35 years.
I wish that was what we were dreaming for today!
In 1979 it didn’t seem so long ago since Fitzroy had last won a premiership in 1944. I thought we would win a flag between 1979 and 1986, but it wasn’t to be.
