Hello,

This picture is a bit late (and a continuation of all these 'nature'
pictures I seem to take) considering that the carp have concluded their
sexual healing, and no longer visible so far up Sullivan's Creek. Anyway,
we (Maddy and I) saw these fish last week. These carp are enormous!!
They were like whales, breaching the water and lumbering around in the
water. It is a pity that we didn't have rods or reels, or even spears for
that matter, to do our bit to help the Australian environment. I think,
also, that the myth of the falling fluff should be replaced with the carp.
If the carp are up Sullivan's Creek and so haven't started to study for
your exams, you should better get started!

Sandro
 

Hello,

This picture is a few days late, and some of you heard the story. I went down to Sullivan's Creek to snap some pictures of those damn dirty and whale-like carp, however, I saw two swans instead. What I did not now was that they had two little cygnets - they emerged slowly out of the reeds. The swan on the left of the picture I took to be the male as it paddled quite quickly to get near me.

This move I assumed was like the crazy duck that was attacking people that strayed near its children. However, I did not want to stay near a swan that wanted to attack - slightly larger with more chance of inflicting pain. So I went to the other side of the creek. The bloody swan paddled to the other side of the creek to menace me there. So I ran away.

Sandro 

Hello,

I apologise that I have not transacted with you all for some time (via email that is). I went home to Melbourne for the weekend, and I flew with QANTAS. On the trip there I flew in a DASH 8, a small plane that carries fifty people and adds half an hour of flying time. Unfortunately I left my mobile phone on the plane. On Friday night, and after half an hour on the phone on hold, they finally found my phone at the Tullamarine lost property office (thank you to Simone the flight attendant!).

This photo is from the flight home - this time on a 737. QANTAS has recently updated their food service on domestic flights. Instead of a box with crackers and cheese etc., one gets two cookies - I got a ginger, date and walnut one and a choc chip one which were both delicious! - and a drink as normal, and one gets this wonderful and colourful new 'tablemat'. I give kudos to QANTAS for their new tablemat.

Sandro 

Hello,

Well the rain came yesterday. The Canberra Times reported that 20mm fell in the 24 hour period. As usual, and this time I captured it on camera, Sullivan's Creek swelled up, and almost seemed close to bursting its banks. Also, as usual, it brought a tonne of crap from upstream (aka Dickson, Turner, O'Connor and Lyneham)

Sandro