Monday
4th
September 2017
SHE
SAID:
18
YEARS! OMG... I have a wonderful hubby that has put up with me for
18 whole years!
We
did a big long drive today. We
left Bertie at Birdsville & headed south into the Sturt Stony
Desert on the Birdsville Track to the Mungerannie Hotel!
We
did the Birdsville Track in 2010, but from the other end at Marree,
up to Mungerannie, crossing the flooded Cooper Creek on the punt! I
find this SO amusing, needing a boat to cross a flooded creek in the
DESERT!
Anyhow,
315 dusty, corrugated kilometres & 4 hours later we arrived at
Mungerannie, rather faster than the 12 or so hours that Google Maps indicated it would take. We
had a burger each for lunch, walked down to the “wetlands” area
which had puddles of water remaining, then headed back to Birdsville!
Geoff
got a fire going just before sunset & we had our French
Champagne.
Tres
Bon!
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| Crossing into SA - 14kms from Birdsville |
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This sign was about 100kms into the Birdsville Track....
WT...as if we didn't know we were on it!
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| The track dead ahead |
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| Finally some scenery! |
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| I'm not sure if these are Mesas or Jump-Ups?! |
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| 315km for lunch here! |
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We were here last on the 8th October 2010
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| BTW, if you have a spare 1.2 million dollars this place could be yours! |
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| No leaving for these trucks |
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| Mungerannie Wetlands |
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| Thermal Pool |
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| Being watched by Galahs |
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| Another hot bore on the road back |
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| Hundreds of Little Corellas near the flowing bore |
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| A Brolga pair enjoying the random water hole |
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| !!! |
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| Returning to Queensland & much better roads |
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| Bubbles for our 18th Anniversary Celebration |
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| A fire too |
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| Dusk reflected in Bertie's windows |
HE SAID:
Well, what a great 18 years we've had! And, the last 7 years have been spent living in a caravan while we tour around the place. Now that is a great way to get to really know someone!
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