Friday 27th Long Waterhole Winton.
Got breakfast over with and cleaned up, packed up and we hit the road at 9.30 am. Only spent the one night as there is so much to see and do in Longreach that we will come back and do it another time on our own. Had a great run through, very sad to see how the land is dry, no stock, no grass or water. But when we got to The Long Water Hole at Winton there is water. Good bird life. Flies bad, sun is hot. We had very bad winds last night and just got set up for start trails and one almighty gust of wind comes and lifts the annex, off comes the zip, annex falls, J & A came over to give a hand to hold it together while Don re zipped the annex back to get it off. Was cooler tonight sleeping, lovely.
Kites were everywhere so we had heaps of practice taking photo’s.
Very appropriate.
The landscape changes every few hundred kilometers.
Its black soil out here and all the fences are so crocked due to the rains they had, power poles were on a lean as well.
Rail inspection vehicle.
Road train passing. Very long some of them. We let them go.
Heading to Winton.
Homestead on a station. Jump ups in background.
Nice sign
Saw many of these.
This was exciting for me, been wanting to come here for some time.
Long Water Hole, Winton.
Sunset at Long Water Hole where we are camping , This is my view.
Campsite.
Wren
Paradise Dam caravan park, it is a beautiful place.
These birds a Kite and Tern were fighting over a fish the Kite had caught.
Fog on the dam.
Sunrise
At Wurumu Dam, there is always something happening, birds everywhere. White faced Heron.
Apostle bird, these birds are so funny to watch.
Don and Jack out having a kayak.
Turtles, there were heaps, little ones as well as big ones.
Lovely spot so were very pleased. Lake Victoria.
This camping is on private property so please be mindful of the owners animals and leave things as you see them, It was lovely to see that all other campers had taken all there rubbish away with them, good one you.
At least these lucky cows have plenty of water.
Spoonbills flying off
We could here a cat meow, but couldn’t work it out as to where the sound was coming from, then we saw it, a black cat after a dead fish on the bank across from us.
Ibis
I went for a walk and saw these big cobwebs, there were heaps of them, I don’t like spiders, so I always see cobwebs.
Pelicans taking off from the lake.
Reflection on the Lake Victoria.
Early morning shot of the moon still in the sky going down as the sun was coming up behind me.
Sunrise colours, Lake Victoria.
Dululu, thanks to the wee town for the facilities of hot free showers and a dump point. Support these towns, got to be grateful.
Setting up camp
Fire going to get some coals to cook on the camp oven
Young calves playing
A well worn track through to our deeper hole for cooling off
Sampling Harvey;s new chair, now has a back on it.
Kayaking down the river
Monarch Butterfly
Had a go at photographing the moon with my mobile through the telescope, amazing I thought.
My son taking the dog for a ride
Judy's Trekabout 