Posted in camping, photos, rural nsw, The outback, travel, Two sheilas in a ute, tagged billabong, camping, Darling River, emu, kangaroo, Menindee, sunrise, sunset on February 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Finally, we’ve set up camp on the Darling River in Kinchega National Park. There’s not another soul around and I can hear the river calling me for a swim. Menindee Lake is behind us, and in an hour or so the sun will go down and it will be time to photograph one of those famous sunsets over the Lake.
That was my impression yesterday – and it hasn’t changed. We’re still here. After a week of camp, pack up and move, camp, sightsee, move, etc we decided to have a lazy day by the Darling.
Posted in rural nsw, The outback, travel, Two sheilas in a ute, tagged Broken Hill, bulldust, dirt, emu, kangaroos, outback, red dirt, White Cliffs on February 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Driving from White Cliffs to Broken Hill we have two choices. Go back towards Wilcannia and out the Barrier Highway and stay on the tar, or go via Mutawintji National Park on 200k of dirt.
Naturally, we picked the second route. After all, we’re in the outback we have to drive on the dirt.
Perhaps we shouldn’t have, given that even though it’s a high clearance, big arsed black ute, it’s not 4WD. But the locals all seemed sure when they looked at the car “Nah, you should be ok in that”. They weren’t considering our lack of experience!
Posted in The outback, travel, Two sheilas in a ute, tagged driving, emu, kangaroo, open road, salute, waving on February 8, 2013| 2 Comments »
I’ve discovered I’m a 2 finger saluter.
You can drive in the outback for hours and not see another soul … well, except for those roadtrains, and the odd kangaroo or emu. So out here, drivers are (mostly) very collegiate, and give each other a wave when they pass.
Our tent after a windy night on Lake Cargelligo
Photos and stories about travel and life in Australia 