Birdsville to Bedourie to Boulia and home


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June 5th 2007
Published: June 5th 2007
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Birdsville is most famous for its once a year Birdsville Races held on the first weekend of September. The normally small town of 120 swells to 5000, as people fly, bus, drive and ride in for two days of races. The airfield opposite the pub fills with up to 200 planes and people camp out under the wings, and all descend on the pub for food and drink. The pub was first built in 1884, and despite ... Read Full Entry



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Me drivingMe driving
Me driving

Landscape at this stage was red volcanic rocks
off the roadoff the road
off the road

When the triple trailers come along we got off the road very quickly
homesteadhomestead
homestead

The dry air means little in the way of decay of buildings
another waterholeanother waterhole
another waterhole

We were just getting bored with the vast endless plains and then aorund the corner was this lovely place full of pelicans, comorants, swallows, ducks and egrets
Resourceful plantsResourceful plants
Resourceful plants

this plant has the most incredible burrs, extremely sharp, and growing out of dust and rocks and thriving
Looks like black rocksLooks like black rocks
Looks like black rocks

these are the hundreds of thousands of birds on the Bedourie water hole
Artesian spaArtesian spa
Artesian spa

Penny and some "Grey nomads" at the spa. Grey nomads is the name given to the hundreds of retired Aussies out on the road seeing their own country
Bedourie pubBedourie pub
Bedourie pub

The Royal hotel, great food, nice people
Triple trailersTriple trailers
Triple trailers

Seven of these were parked up ready to load and travel
Flood plainsFlood plains
Flood plains

Yes this does get to 2 metres of water through it
GoanaGoana
Goana

these are huge lizard like creatures, over 1 metre long



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