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The
Australian Outback, New South Wales
This
is an example of when an aboriginal person cut a long and wide strip of
bark from a tree. The Bark Cutting would then be used for carrying or
transporting supplies.
We stopped along the way to eat lunch.
It's
not as arid and dry as I expected, although it was interesting to see
the infamous red dirt of Australia go straight into an inland lake without
the otherwise standard greenery around the shores. It's as if the water
and the land have an agreement not to assist each other... as if they
have their defined boundaries.
There
were stretches of greenery, however the new growth was only now beginning
to take hold.
Grrrrr.
Aahh it's got claws!
Healing.
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This
hillside we are on looks out onto the plains, which stretches out FLAT from
this point west for hundreds of miles.
I didn't expect bagpipes this far from Edinburgh!
And
before we knew it we were visiting a sheep shearing shed. There are MILLIONS
of sheep in Australia and they've got to be sheared...
(Punch
buggy white-and-rusty!)
Nothing
but a long empty red road out of town.
Finally,
photos of the train bridge we walked across. Don't worry, the train only
comes once every four hours... but seeing as we didn't see the last one
go by, it was exciting.
(I
figured I would worry about whether there were alligators after I jumped
off the side into the river.)
A
picture of our guide and friend, Fred (and a Huggy Tree).