Off topic! Outback Oz!

I just completed a trip to the Australian outback, covering 6,024km over 18 days, much on deserted tracks.The reality more than lived up to the legend!

Our attempt at booking accommodation via the Internet did not go well...

So we made our own arrangements

Native (?) wildlife was prolific

and some went out of the way to entertain us

I had hoped to go for a sail, but the tide was out! (Would you believe there is a jetty round the front, and two cats stored under the building!)

No water here either...

I was told that when it rains, as much as 70 inches arrives in one hour, followed by another 39 inches in the next hour... Surf's up!

_________________
Tony Stott
2012 Tandem Island "SIC EM" with Hobie spinnaker

Off topic - who cares. Beautiful photos tony. Those emus are hard to run down hey !

_________________


Don't take life too seriously................it ain't permanent.

They're a bit harder to wrangle than Soldier crabs!
Great pics Tony. We've done a lot of Outback touring, though not for some years, and you've brought back a few memories.

Great pictures, good story. Thanks, Tony!

Keith

_________________
2015 AI 2, 2014 Tandem

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." A. Einstein

"Less is more" Anon

Great pics !
It's too bad that your attempt at booking accommodations via the Internet did not go well as that place looked like it had a lot of natural light and good cross ventilation in it.

It never ceases to amaze me about all the critters that are roaming about on that continent and that very few of them could be called cuddly. The only one that comes to mind is the Koala.

Anyhow, thanks for sharing your adventure.

_________________

I wonder who will be the first to sail and Island on Lake Eyre?

_________________
Cheers, Brian in South Australia
Tandem Island -

I reckon you're about the closest Brian.

_________________


Don't take life too seriously................it ain't permanent.

Your right but after driving to Meninde Lakes near the middle of Australia
with my TI and caravan to find they were only mud, I think it's someone
else's turn.

Brian, I guess I should hesitate to show you this photo I took on 23rd September then....

Plenty of water there now....

_________________
Tony Stott
2012 Tandem Island "SIC EM" with Hobie spinnaker

Yes you should hesitate.
As I will in showing you the photo of a guy there on the
23rd Sep without his AI

Have you thought about a mirage drive in the trailer lid?