2014!

We have had some great stops over Christmas and New Year with mega hot temperatures, but with Broken Hill and the dry barren landscape now behind us, we are headed for the Flinders Ranges.  Hopefully there will be some birds to photograph!!

Camped by the lake at Minindee

Dunny in the Desert

Star trails over the Waukaringa Hotel ruins

Desert Flower (s)

Hard at work

The stop at the Waukaringa Hotel ruins was really lovely and the drive to the NP was so pretty and interesting.  Hills, ruins an old well. Twisting and undulating. We drove across lots of river beds and creeks but none of them have had a drop of water for a very long time. A pleasure to drive and memorable.  We arrived at the NP and paid our dues for 3 days!!

Flinders NP

Dry river bed

Flinders NP

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Rainbow Bee-eaters

Fossilised river bed

Yellowfooted Rock Wallaby

Wedgie on takeoff

Gorge in the Flinders

Water Crossing

Flora

View from Stokes' Hill

Howling winds have kept the mornings bitterly cold.  Using the drop toilets has been a new experience.  The wind just howls up the 'tunnel' and slaps you right where you don't want it first thing in the morning, or any time of day for that matter!!!!  The scenery is lovely and the walks too. The highlight was seeing at least a dozen Yellowfoot wallabies!  We drove round to the other campsites and I doubt there were more than a dozen campers in the whole park!! We took delight in finding the one and only 'puddle' that we have seen since leaving home and I was instructed to drive through it 3 times just so that we could get some photos.  

Fitzgerald Bay

Pelican Sunrise

Paddling on Spalding Cove

Misty morn

Sunrise at Spalding Cove

Ok - it's Friday.  3 weeks gone and we have hit the beaches of The Port Lincoln NP.  It is quite lovely here.  Nothing more to say.