I had a lovely peaceful night on the garage car park. I awoke just before seven when I heard a car arrive and the big garage sliding door open. I got myself breakfast and a coffee and sat in the back of the van till all the guys had arrived for work at 9. I first of all checked that the warranty people had authorised their $300 contribution. They had so that was good. I then just sat around in the back of the van until just before ten when it was announced that the part had arrived. The van was then pushed back into the garage and I went for a wonder and a ponder for an hour whilst the work was done. I sat on the grass by the foreshore and ate an apple and pondered. So you’re probably wondering what on earth have |I pondered on today! I thought first of all just how wonderful this adventure I’m having is. I also got thinking about my blog from a few days ago when I talked of being open minded and open to possibility. I forgot to mention something that I am interested in and that is the hollow Earth theory.

‘The legends of inner earth peoples and blond-haired blue-eyed master races, can be found in countless ancient cultures including China, Tibet, Egypt, India, Europe, the Americas and Scandinavia’

‘Researchers of the hollow Earth have suggested that the outer crust goes down some 800 miles, and beyond that the planet is hollow’.

‘Those who promote the idea of a hollow Earth say that water flows from one polar entrance to another and in the centre of the planet is a vast sea and an inner central sun which provides the heat and light’. ‘The very spin of the planet creates centrifugal force which throws matter to the outside, very much like a spin dryer in which the clothes spin around a hole in the centre. When the planet was in its molten form, spinning into existence before it cooled, how could it possibly remain solid to the core?’

‘The openings (North and South poles) are an estimated 1,400 miles across and around them is a magnetic ring. The entrances are covered by clouds most of the time, advocates claim, and the airspace is restricted by law’

‘One man famously flew into the inner Earth at the North Pole in 1947 to a distance 1,700 miles beyond magnetic north and the South Pole in 1956 to a distance of 2,300 miles beyond magnetic south. He was Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd , a well known figure in the United States Navy. He called the land he found “that enchanted continent in the sky” and “the land of ever lasting mystery”. In 1947 Byrd and his passengers broadcast live on the radio as they flew inside the planet and they saw the ice of the northern regions replaced by ice free lands and lakes and mountains covered with trees. They described strange animals resembling mammoths and the land they saw does not appear on any map to this day. After the initial publicity, information about the Byrd expeditions was suppressed and he died in 1957, the year after his trip to the Antartic’

This theory really fascinates me and I would absolutely love it to be true but as with anything I have an open mind so I do not accept or dismiss this theory. I am just open to the possibility.

When I got back to the garage my camper had gone. It was out on a test drive so this was a good sign as the engine had started. Martin, the mechanic, was back with it about 5 minutes later and she had performed well and was ready to go. I settled the bill, said a big thanks to all the guys at the garage and left Streaky Bay. Second time lucky! When I’d left Streaky the other day I’d had two options, Elliston or Venus Bay. I thought I’d check out Elliston as I didn’t want to drive all the way to Coffin Bay which is where I was headed when I broke down. It took about an hour and a half to get there. There were two camp sites in Elliston and the one near the beach had been recommended so I rocked up there. The site was very quiet and I could choose my own spot which was good. I had lunch and then went for a walk along the beach. It was a safe swimming beach but the lady at the camp site warned me that the water was very cold. She wasn’t wrong. I just paddled my way along. I read my Dom Joly book for a bit and then had a mooch around the town. Coffin Bay is my destination tomorrow. Nite nite my lovely possum followers.