It may not be the world's greatest mystery. Hercule Poirot has probably solved more dastardly who-dunnits. And the sleuths down at Sydney's police headquarters may have better investigations on their books.
But a small human drama was intriguing the people who walked along Sydney's Curl Curl beach yesterday.
There they found a tiny toy duck that had been washed ashore.
And on its yellow plastic was written in black ink the poignant words: "Dearest Dad Your always in our hearts Love always Renee and Mariss xxx ooo'.
As one of the beach-combers said: "It's like a modern day note in a bottle, I'd love to know the story of who cast it out to sea."
"It really makes you wonder who are 'Renee and Mariss' and what happened to their dad. I wonder how far it has come and if it was left for father's day."
Father's Day might seem the obvious answer - except that the duck had clearly been in the water for a long time, with tiny shells crushed into its beak.
So who are Renee and Mariss? Where is their Dad? Where did the duck get into the water and how did it reach Curl Curl?
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