The Desert Blooms ...

and it hasn't even rained! I have always wanted to see the desert bloom and was very surprised at how many plants and shrubs were flowering as we cam along Stuart Highway. The flowers tend to be small and a bit spread out, but they're there if you look carefully.

Giants, Snakes and Tiny Wallabies

September 21st 2014
The wind was back with a vengeance this morning and it seems to be a crosswind. This caravan park is pretty basic and not the sort of place you want to hang about for long so Barry decided to chance it and head towards the next town – Aileron. It has a caravan park where we could stay if he was finding it too difficult to drive, otherwise we planned to continue on to Alice Springs. We packed up ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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