Massive cattle stations on never ending plains and lots of road trains starts the adventure today
The land on the NT side of the border was natural and seemed relatively fertile where 150 kms away on this side of the border the plains are quite barren - this has to be one of the areas badly drought affected - very sad.
Just passed a cattle Station called Donald Downs and we have seen a few flocks of vivid green budgies, and a few emus, some lovely highlights and a nice change from the large numbers of scavenging Black Hawks rising above lasts nights fresh carcasses. Road trains are unable to stop for wildlife wandering on the highway at night.
It’s 28 degrees today & we’re off to see some dinosaur footprints - I wrote that at midday and it was the plan; but it’s a 200 km round trip out of our way .. we might have to settle for the dinosaur museum on the way out of town. (3300 dinosaurs at a riverbank stampeding away from a predator and all now captured as fossils) ... I’m still putting my dinosaur card on the table for a visit 🤞
Meanwhile, the campsite is sublime - under shady gums, in a breeze and by a small creek. Our neighbour tells us there are no mozzies, if that’s the case when the flies go to bed it will be paradise at Bladensburg National Park. We drove through salt lakes and very flat plains to get here with the promise of thousands of wild budgies later tonight.
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