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![]() outback0001.jpg 147.76 Kb At Euaninga. A clay pan. Normally dry, this is still filled from the Feb/Apr rains. Unseen are two pink-eared ducks. There are many budgies in the area, flying group aerobatics. |
![]() outback0002.jpg 116.45 Kb Another view of the Euaninga claypan. |
![]() outback0003.jpg 145.76 Kb Aboriginal "petroglyphs". This is supposed to talk about the Raining Dreamtime, but Lee said 30 years ago they admitted that the story these told had been lost in time, but now they say what the carvings tell is too dangerous to tell :) |
![]() outback0004.jpg 144.34 Kb Closer view of some of the carvings. Apparently, this used to be the top of the roof of a cave, before the cave collapsed. |
![]() outback0005.jpg 109.35 Kb Part of the claypan and part of the carvings. |
![]() outback0006.jpg 139.07 Kb The gentleman in shorts is Lee, our driver and guide. He is giving us the lowdown on how our day will proceed. We are still at Euaninga. The old Telegraph Line poles can be seen to the left. |
![]() outback0007.jpg 95.24 Kb The old telegraph line. One of the bits that still survive. |
![]() outback0008.jpg 62.21 Kb The road less travelled :) This is the clearest image I could get, due to the condition of the "road". It got worse than this, too. |
![]() outback0009.jpg 159.66 Kb Break for tea. This is at Maryville Station. |
![]() outback0010.jpg 124.85 Kb Hugh River. This river was much narrower, until it doubled its size during the February floods. Even now, months after the last rain, the river still flows. |
![]() outback0011.jpg 179.88 Kb One of the many old trees the Hugh pulled down during the rains. |
![]() outback0012.jpg 180.94 Kb Our wheels at the Hugh River crossing. |