the Simpson Desert garden - truly beautiful

I know Bob. We wanted to just stay for weeks - pottering a little way then camping and walking amongst the garden, but we had our eye on another huge rain front which would have meant that we may have been stuck for far longer than we had available; considering it was a rather spontaneous adventure in the first place.

We had planned for a short trip to around Windorah and ended up at Birdsville again. We both squatted on the dune just east of the water near Big Red, and my husband looked at me and siad "Don't you even think about it!" I had this crazy idea since the sand was damp, the weather was cool, and the desert was GREEN!. We drove around to Mt Dare, dropped off our trialer to collect later, and off we went.

We have all our recovery gearsat phone, cb, etc and everything, so the only thing we needed was a bit of courage to do it on our own.... and I drove instead of my husband - so it was a personal challenge!

We have the bug and will be back next year!

Julie

Hi Stephen, Yes the water was amazing. I've not been out there before after rain so I can't compare it to anything other than heat and dust and sand!.

The flies were fine. I don't really mind them - except when they get into my tear ducts - I don't like that. The mozzies were disgusting. Trying to cook dinner and running the gauntlet into the tent to eat was our biggest challenge. They were ferocious and were like squadrons bombarding the screen of the tent at night - trying to barge their way in. Sometimes their squeals were so loud!

I will keep in touch here as I load more galleries. I make a post on my blog when I load a new gallery for those who are interested in seeing some more pics of the greeen, flowers, mud and amazing landscape.

Julie

oops - I made a typo with the link to my blog for those who want to keep track of my updated galleries. my blog
I will however keep this thread updated when I load my galleries.
Julie

Thanks Brian for your kind words. The angles came about because they were literally 'point and shoot' as we went over the bumps slowly - or as we were driving along. One hand on the camera just aiming toward somethng i found interesting. I couldn't see the screen at the back without my glasses - so it was 'hope for the best'!
Julie

'hope for the best' is how Gayleen takes our photos as well...... and often results in beautiful pics!!!!

Cheers

Brian

Thank you KS for your kind words. It is a privelige to be able to share what we experienced. I hope you have a fabulous time in a couple of years.

Julie

Thank you for taking the time to look! We have such amazing places on this planet. I have just realised how wonderful it is to be able to show others some of them.

I have just put up my next gallery with more url=http://www.juliestephenson.net/blog/travels/nov2010_7/]flowers blooming and clouds building[/url].

Julie