Sturts Desert Pea north of Coober Pedy
Lunch stop south of Ernabella
Desert rock hole
Birdlife near a desert rock hole
The Musgrave Ranges on Aboriginal land in northern SA
Musgrave Ranges
Camp in the Musgrave Ranges near Amata
Dingo on the track to Uluru
South of Uluru
Camels south of Uluru
South of Uluru with the rock on the horizon in the centre
The lonely track between Amata and Uluru
Desert oak country south of Uluru
Bustard south of Uluru, we saw lots more of these up near Annandale later in the trip and even some on the wing!
Uluru appearing over the horizon
Yes, the corrugations were as bad as they look in this pic...
The rare waddy tree (acacia peuce) at the Mac Clarke reserve on the western edge of the Simpson Desert
Arriving at James's cart after lots of off track driving
Ten broken spokes spelt the end of James's journey
Aboriginal artefacts on a sand dune in the western Simpson Desert
Camped east of Old Andado in untracked desert
Slow going in rocky country
Among spinifex
A very dry claypan
Old Andado on the western edge of the Simpson Desert
Old Andado
Holding the elusive 10mm of broken bolt that caused me to pull the axles and front diff apart to remove it. Mt Dare
All this dismantling for a very small bit of metal loose in the diff housing. Note full safety equipment in use.
Taking the waters at Dalhousie Springs
Dalhousie - paradise and a hot spring on the edge of the desert
Typical football-sized rock obstacles on the road south of Mt Dare
Camp on the Colson Track and north of the French Line
Camp beside a grove of beautiful gidgee trees
Wherever we walked on the dunes we found footprints of small mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and birds
Out for a walk near the Colson Track
On the Rig Road
Trying to establish the identity of a hakea tree - a type of corkwood we think
Crossing a salt lake on the Rig Road
Dromedaries near Poolawanna on the Rig Road
Walking in to Lake Peera Peera Poolanna, south of the Rig Road. The sand here is lighter in colour
The setting moon at our camp at Lake Peera Peera Poolanna
Camp beside remote and rarely visited Lake Peera Peera Poolanna in the southern Simpson Desert
Exploring the surface of the 10km wide and 60km long salt lake
Geckos hibernating under a camel shoulder blade bone. We turned it back over after we found them there.
Evidence of a wavering vegetarian???
Mulga ant nest?
Big dunes on the Rig Road in the southern Simpson
Lunchtime
Adapting to some new technology. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?
Sahara or Simpson?
Poeppel Corner, the meeting point for the borders of NT, Qld and SA
At Poeppel Corner with Lake Poeppel in the background
Near an Aboriginal well in the eastern Simpson desert showing a layer of earth rich with bone fragments and Aboriginal tool pieces
One of hundreds of Aboriginal stone fragments near an old Aboriginal well in the Simpson Desert
Aboriginal well site
Meeting a convoy of vehicles on the busy QAA line. The two way radios got a workout through here to keep in touch with oncoming vehicles to avoid meeting on the dune crests
Night driving through lush vegetation beside Eyre Creek
Summer rains to the north fed water into the Eyre Creek channels which led to plants springing to life through the area
One of the many channels filled with water after summer rains in central Queensland
Aboriginal grinding stone fragments beside one of the Eyre Creek channels
Excellent grazing conditions near Dickerie Waterhole on Eyre Creek
Campsite at Annandale waterhole
Grinding stone pieces north along Eyre Creek
Artefacts
Grinding stone
The baker at work
Camp life
On top of Big Red
Birdsville
One packet of chips and a soda water = $7. Birdsville is now officially a tourist town :-(
Cadelga outstation north of Cordillo Downs
A typical campsite beside a desert waterhole
A flowering bloodwood near Cordillo Downs
