The roads are a bit rough in parts but the scenery and in particular the wildflowers at this time make it very worthwhile. This is the Italowie Gorge:
My first sighting of a Sturt Desert Pea, on the road to Grindells Hut, this was definitely a highlight for me, the only others I had seen were cultivated in a garden in Alice Springs :
More flowers alongside the same road:
I climbed off-track and walked along the top of some of the hills, they look very dry, barren and foreboding at a distance but close up there are heaps of flowers:
Self -portrait:
This Blue-Tongue Lizard thinks I can't see him:
This is a Shingle-back lizard crossing the road. They look a bit like straightened out black puddings from the distance. Some of them sadly end up as pudding on the road.
Next day (Wed) after a lie-in I set off late for Broken Hill. Evening closes in as I approach Broken Hill under this ominous sky. There is a bit of wildlife on the side of the road at this time and extra care was needed. I spotted an emu and a kangaroo which came close.
My first sighting of a Sturt Desert Pea, on the road to Grindells Hut, this was definitely a highlight for me, the only others I had seen were cultivated in a garden in Alice Springs :
More flowers alongside the same road:
I climbed off-track and walked along the top of some of the hills, they look very dry, barren and foreboding at a distance but close up there are heaps of flowers:
Self -portrait:
This Blue-Tongue Lizard thinks I can't see him:
This is a Shingle-back lizard crossing the road. They look a bit like straightened out black puddings from the distance. Some of them sadly end up as pudding on the road.
Next day (Wed) after a lie-in I set off late for Broken Hill. Evening closes in as I approach Broken Hill under this ominous sky. There is a bit of wildlife on the side of the road at this time and extra care was needed. I spotted an emu and a kangaroo which came close.
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