Friday
12th August 2016
SHE
SAID:
We
headed for the Little Desert National Park proper today. First stop
was the Yanipy Reserve, where Geoff found a couple of Greenhood
Orchids. Then we drove down the "McDonald Highway", which
turned out to be a heavily sandy, rutted track, which took us to
Broughton Waterhole. This is supposedly a orchid hotspot, but we only spotted
one Greenhood type here. But we also glimpsed a Mallee Fowl heading
into the scrub; quite an endangered bird around here.
We
decided to change our plans & head for the Mt Tooan & Mt
Arapiles State Park, instead of risking the rest of the McDonald
Highway, which had a very high chance of getting bogged!
Lunch
at Mitre Rock was scenic.
More
Dwarf Greenhoods, a huge Echidna, & a photo shoot with Archie
rounded out our visit to Australia's top rock climbing area!
View across Broughton Waterhole |
Lunch time stop at Mitre Rock |
Mitre Rock |
Mount Arapiles - there are 200 different climbs through these rocks |
Melville Cave |
Archie & me; with the view back to Mitre Rock & the lake beyond |
Geoff keeping Archie warm |
HE SAID:
The McDonald Highway is a sandy track, where I thought we would get bogged several times. Luckily this white-knuckle drive was only about 10km each way!
The McDonald Highway is a sandy track, where I thought we would get bogged several times. Luckily this white-knuckle drive was only about 10km each way!
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