Red Ammannia, Ammannia gracilis Recorded in Ewens Ponds
As reported at Update of the Flora and Fauna of Piccaninnie Ponds and Ewens Ponds (Including Eight Mile Creek), Chris Lukhaup from Germany recently reported having sighted a “Red Water…
The Discovery of an Eastern Snake-necked Turtle, Chelodina longicollis
My son-in-law found a turtle carcass whilst we were kayaking at the Globe Derby wetlands last month. I was able to take a couple of photos of the dead turtle…
The Thrombolites of Lake Hawdon South
We recently received the following email message from Bradley Clarke-Wood, Conservation Ecologist, Regional Operations – Limestone Coast Region | National Parks & Wildlife Service Division, Department for Environment and Water:…
Queries Received Concerning Jetties
My 2005 article My love of jetties, some of my jetty work , Granite Island jetties & a list of S.A. jetties built from the 1800s to early 1900s resulted…
My Lack of Cave Diving Experience
As I reported in my (forthcoming) April 2023 column “Southern Waters” in Dive Log magazine, I don’t have any cave diving experience myself, other than snorkelling in Piccaninnie Ponds and…
A Freshwater Fish Fled From Sinkhole to Lake in 50s
40 years ago, back in 1983, there was no Internet whilst I was the Editor for our Society’s newsletter. I still could have done a little more research towards the…
Update of the Flora and Fauna of Piccaninnie Ponds and Ewens Ponds (Including Eight Mile Creek)
(This article is a re-write of one published in our 2006 Journal, because it was only one of the early drafts that was published in error and some of the…
Congolli (Pseudaphritis urvillii) discovered in five freshwater rivers across Kangaroo Island
Environment Minister Ian Hunter issued a Press Release on 5th December 2017 concerning the recent discovery of 27 congolli in 5 rivers on KI. It announced that a fish species…
The small congolli that I found ‘belly up’ at Myponga Beach
I recently collected a small congolli that I found effectively ‘belly up’. The small congolli effectively ‘belly up’ (Taken by David Muirhead) Actually, it was lying on its side, on…
Exploring Ewens Ponds Conservation Park underwater
Ewens Ponds is a somewhat little-known secret in regards to fresh-water diving and snorkeling in South Australia. Situated about half an hour south of Mount Gambier, it is fairly easily…