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Where's Simmy ?

Leanne and I visited Puzzle Park near Murray Bridge back in 1992 … I don’t think its still open now ?

BP Murray Bridge - 1990

While in school I worked for a few years as a service station attendant at the BP in Murray Bridge. It was on the main busy intersection in the middle of town, so we got quite busy – especially on Friday and Saturday nights (my main shifts), and even more so on Saturday and Sunday mornings when people brought their ski boats down from Adelaide for a day on the river.

It was a self-service station, so I was mostly manning the console and stocking shelves, but it was interesting and a lot of people I knew came through the place buying petrol or just milk and such (or buying oil to do burnouts down by the river on a Saturday night!).

Note the price of petrol back then!

Monarto Zoo - before it was a zoo

Back in 1990 in my final year of school, we did a field trip for our geography class out to Monarto – looking at soil structure, vegetation, and salinity.

The area we spent the day in is now part of the Monarto Zoological Park – http://www.monartozp.com.au/

Back then, the park was a special purpose breeding area closed to the public - until they started additional planning and development in 1990 before opening to the public in October 1993. The area we visited was just outside their breeding areas and we drove past bison and zebra at one point.

I’ve visited a few times since it opened, but I’d like to go more – it is only a few kilometers up the road from my parents place.

Here’s a bit more information on the history of the site: http://www.adelaidezoo.com.au/monarto/parkinformation.php?id=583

I also run a discussion forum on zoos worldwide at http://www.zoobeat.com/ … if you visit this website, note the graphic of the lion across the top of the page – that was taken at Monarto Zoo back in December 2003!

Lazy days - fishing

Another photo of me – this time taken by my mother in Victor Harbour – I think we were fishing from the Granite Island Jetty (looking back towards the causeway). I’m guessing some time around 1987 / 1988.

That’s my sister and father sitting in the background

Adare House - Victor Harbour

I stayed at Adare House in Victor Harbour for my year 12 camp in 1989. Actually I didn’t stay in the house itself – I was in one of the dormitories alongside (not shown in the photo).

The house, built between 1891-1893 is still operating as a conference center today - http://www.adarecentre.com.au/