Greetings from the NSW outback. Not as orange as Queensland, more towns along the long drives between them. As we travel south, less red, more cattle and now planted fields. It looks like short corn with a dark seedy head, about 2 feet tall. Not sure what it is, but alot of it is planted.
Lots of cattle grazing on the grass, not as much water, the creeks and rivers are not as full here.
We spent last night in Bourke, which is known as the back o' Burke, which means in the middle of nowhere, and yes, that describes it well. A nice town which services the cattle industry. We found a nice little oasis in the middle of the fields. The campground had cattle grazing in the campsites and eating the roses. It had some lovely gardens. WE had a rainstorm, common on these hot afternoons, followed by a rainbow and a nice outback sunset. Lots of birdlife too. After dark, thousands of crickets came out, they were everywhere! You had to practically shovel them out of the shower stalls. Hundreds of frogs came to feast on them, green, brown, grey and a few toads. Lots of geckos too. No lizards to see. The poor cleaning lady has to clean the cabins everyday, even if they are not used as the crickets get everywhere. Had a few in bed with us until we did a bed check!
Stopped at the Brewarra fish traps which are natural. They are pockets where the fish swim into and cannot get out. They are trapped and the aboriginals can scoop them out with their hands. We watched a bunch of kids "fishing" today. They just scooped them up and put them in a holding pond. A few of them were quite a size, several pounds.WE are now in Dubbo, yes, Dubbo, the fastest growing inland city. They have a really nice zoo, where the animals are in large fields. It has 15 km of tracks, Dan already told me he is NOT walking it.
Kim and Dan
Now that's one mellow frog!
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