Rain Man
Drought my arse. The centre of Australia has apparently not had rain for 12 months. Even the farmers have been given drought relief by the government. But in the past 24 hours more than 100mm of rain has fallen. Most of it ended up in my tent last night. It wasn't all bad as it was like sleeping on a water-bed. It's good for the farmers too.
That was the end of our little trip into the West MacDonnell ranges, a truly beautiful place. The ranges are over 150km long and contain a lot of water holes, creeks, and vegetation. On the days we were there it was sunny and hot and lot of the water holes were dry. It would be good to see what they look like now it's rained a bit but they'll need more than this.
We spent time (we being my friends Sarah and Stijn who I met last time I was away) walking through the national park and seeing bits of it like the gorges and another Pound which was good. There was a such a lot of wildlife out there too, mainly birds. There's quite a cute breed of pigeon which is predominantly grey but has a yellow mohican on its head. They make a coo-ing noise like regular pigeons but every so often it would emit a long coo and stick its bum in the air. I only mention it here because it made me laugh a lot.
We had to cut it short by a day because of the weather which was unfortunate. But this week we start North again and should be able to see the Devil's Marbles. They're just big round rocks in the middle of the desert but apparently impressive. I'll let you know if it's just a load of balls.
That was the end of our little trip into the West MacDonnell ranges, a truly beautiful place. The ranges are over 150km long and contain a lot of water holes, creeks, and vegetation. On the days we were there it was sunny and hot and lot of the water holes were dry. It would be good to see what they look like now it's rained a bit but they'll need more than this.
We spent time (we being my friends Sarah and Stijn who I met last time I was away) walking through the national park and seeing bits of it like the gorges and another Pound which was good. There was a such a lot of wildlife out there too, mainly birds. There's quite a cute breed of pigeon which is predominantly grey but has a yellow mohican on its head. They make a coo-ing noise like regular pigeons but every so often it would emit a long coo and stick its bum in the air. I only mention it here because it made me laugh a lot.
We had to cut it short by a day because of the weather which was unfortunate. But this week we start North again and should be able to see the Devil's Marbles. They're just big round rocks in the middle of the desert but apparently impressive. I'll let you know if it's just a load of balls.