Deep Creek N.P.

This is a seal:

another flinders trip

 took some industry guys from perth out to the flinders for a week.

Beltana Satation

stayed here at the Blinman hotel

Took a tour of the 1860s Blinman  copper mine

main shaft is hundreds of feet deep

copper ore veins in the ceiling

 

view from above the mine:

 

blinman pub:

driving home:

winery built in the 1850s by jesuit refugees from europe.

 came back to adelaide for about an hour and then went down to help lead a student trip on the penninsula

students: (same trip as last year)

John & Shelagh's Visit 2014

John attended & made a poster presentation at the AAPG Conference (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) in Houston, Texas during April.  He flew in first followed the next week by Shelagh.  They shared their time with family, friends & little dogs.  I have posted some of the photos of their trip.  We all enjoyed seeing them and can't wait until our next visit.

Some areas of their trip are missing from the photos as I was not with them during the entire trip.
I flew out to Houston to retrieve the Mini-Cooper and got a little extra visit with John & Chris Nelson by doing so.

Adelaide from the air

flying in last week...

Thailand/Cambodia 2014

Got really cheap tickets.  Gonna go see these places in October:

Bat Rescue

So, the other night we were walking down by the river

We started seeing flying foxes flying around and skimming the water, so I figured they must be hot.  I had just read that article about all the bats dying in queensland.  It was unusual to see them by the river and it was a lot earlier then they usually start flying around. 
Saw one hanging right by the trail, with a baby:

Then we saw one right on the path- thought it was dead at first, then it looked over at me.  It looked like neko. 

Long story short, I looked up animal rescue on my phone.  They have been monitoring the bat colony all week because f the heat, setting up water sprayers to keep them cool.  They put me in touch with a bat person, who was about 40 min away.  She said it was very important, and to stay with the bat if we could.  Then we saw 2 more, flopping around on the ground bc they couldn't fly.  They were baby ones.

She showed up, and fed them some water and juice, and took them to a caretaker who is watching several.  As of today the ones we found are doing good, and hopefully will be released back into the colony after they're back in full health. 

According to the rescue group, Adelaide lost over 100 flying foxes because of the heat.  There is only one colony in town.  They spent a lot of time cooling them down and probably saved a lot of them.  There are quite a few in care, including the ones we found.  I gave them $20 to help buy fruit to feed them. 

Snorkeling, Port Noarlunga

 

Lots of fish, crabs, etc.  Very pretty.  Hard to capture in photos.