I thought we were in the outback in Dubbo. How very wrong I was. As we travelled, the countryside changed yet again, to true outback scenery, ie very flat, very orange, very desert like. Long long straight roads with not a soul to be seen. Minor ‘roads’ leading off the highway which resembled dirt tracks. What struck me was what it would be like to live on some of the ‘stations’ (farms?) in the outback (we saw the odd driveway and letter box but not a house in sight). Imagine popping out to the supermarket and having to drive 250km. We stopped to take a few photos en route - a couple of which can be seen below. On a couple of occasions we saw our bearded dragon’s (beardie george) distant cousins basking in the sun on the road. When we got out to look, they shot off into the undergrowth at very high speed. Our beardie would have been put to shame. Chris also reckons he saw a (live) kangaroo. I’m not convinced.
Bearded Dragon Sunbathing
Service Station!!
The view from the car!
I scared myself a bit by wondering what would happen if one of us got bitten by a snake or a scorpion - you can’t exactly just nip to the hospital. We didn’t get out of the car so much after that. It was a bit uncomfortable considering temperatures went up to 35C and we were abstaining from using the air con (saving money :) ) but we survived (although we weren’t much to look at).
For a long road trip, mafia immediately springs to mind, but i guess its not quite the same with just to two of you ;)
ReplyDeleteHope all is well.
Monkeys are cool!
ReplyDeleteCheers Chris, we did contemplate mafia, but thought the games might end up being a bit short ;).
ReplyDeleteMonkeys are very cool!!
Glad you filled the car up and took on extra water. You are not actually listening to your mother at last!!!!!!
ReplyDeletehave you had a go at swinging through the trees yet??
Love Mam xx
Haha, yes we are being very careful with fuel and water so no need to worry!
ReplyDeleteNot seen many trees to swing through yet...and if I do see one I'll be sheltering from the heat under it not swinging through it! xx