DIAMANTINA
Dawn on Whistling Duck Creek was very beautiful.
Our plan was to travel on to Hunters Gorge and the Diamantina Lakes to Bedourie.
On the way to Hunters Gorge we saw a bustard by the road (another first for us)
Hunters Gorge
An effect of variations in water level.
While watching pelicans on the other side of the water hole we saw this dingo taking quite an interest in a flock of pelicans near the bank. They sensed its presence and moved further out into the water.
The Diamantina Channels were mostly dry, leading on to the extensive flood plains of the Diamantina Lakes.
Our first real bulldust for this trip - good enough to back up and do a second run with Beth taking pictures.
Diamantina River was more substantial. As we came over the bank we saw (and stopped and talked to) a couple casting a line for fish there. (You can just see their heads on the right hand side of the road.)
More plains and dust on the edge of the channel country, but some outcrops and low hills developing towards Monkira Station. We were fascinated on the map to see that there was a Cobb and Co overnight stop off the track on Davenport Downs Station.
Graves in a small cemetery on Monkira Station included someone born in Port Pirie and a couple of deaths from typhoid fever.
BEDOURIE AND BIRDSVILLE
At Bedourie we were interested to see one of the "Sculptures of the Dreamtime" that have been constructed in Bedourie, Birdsville and Beetoota.
On the way to Birdsville we visited the Carcoory ruins and the Waddi Trees (we know them as Desert Oaks). What a pity that so many people have carved their names on the ruins.
Birdsville has hot bore water, a variety of buildings, corrugated iron sculptures and a wonderful caravan park down by their billabong. Everything seems set up to cope with the influx of people for the Birdsville Races.
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