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| A Brolga at the Mungerannie pub wetland + the other following birds |
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| This wetland oasis next to the Mungerannie pub is quite amazing to come across in the dry outback. It has been created by an open water bore that was drilled underground into the great artesian water basin |
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| A blurry finch. These small birds congregate in large groups and make lots of tweeting excited noises |
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| Corellas |
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| Blacked wing Stilt. |
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| Pink eared duck, go the bird book |
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| An example of a sunken bore into the great artesian basin on the side of the road |
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| Waterflow from the above bore. The water is scalding hot. In the late 1800s the government sunk these bores along the Birdsville track from Qld down to the Rail head at Marree in Sth Aus to water Qld cattle herds that were drove by drovers down the track to the train at Marree and onto Adelaide markets. |
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| I heard at the Mungerannie pub that a german lady was coming down the track from Birdsville on a bicycle. When I saw her next day I offered her a cuppa and we had a interesting chat for about an hour. Very brave lady! |
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| Had to laugh as it was quite funny to see a dunny on the side of the track which is not a normal site anywhere out here. Waterfed by a bore. |
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| The next 4 pics are of changing landscapes along the track. This is stone gibber plains |
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| Grass shrub Goyder Lagoon |
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| Flat plains with adjacent sand dunes on left |
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| Large vegetated sand dunes |
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| Found a nice shady camp spot next to a sandune |
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