This has been our home for the last 2 weeks. I left the shop in Shirley's very capable hands & escaped to outback central Australia. We travelled up the Birdsville track across the Plenty Highway (which is really a graded track) to Alice Springs & then home via the Old Ghan Railway line. Our amazing experiences included crossing the Cooper Creek on a make shift ferry, as the creek only floods about every 30 years: Henley on the Todd in Alice Springs: flight over Lake Eyre which is 60% full & teeming with birdlife & of course the natural beauty & peace of the outback, which we love. There is nothing so relaxing as sitting around a campfire under millions of stars. Our amazing outback looks fantastic at present after the rains. There are carpets of wildflowers & bird-life in abundance. Even the salt bush looks lush. The magnificent natural colours of grey blues of the foliage, gold of the wattle & red of the soil are inspirations for the painter & of course the patchworker. Back to work again & look forward to our next outback experience.
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September 02, 2011
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Hmmm!! yes, liked the sound of those (outback)colours...my creative mind is tossing up ideas.Kaye and I are definite for the stitchery w/e..wouldn't miss it for anything.look forward to catching up. Jo-Anna
Posted by: Jo-Anna Medhurst | September 02, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Del your more adventurous than me! I can barely climb into our camper trailer. Our friend that went to Brdsville had to wait 21 hours to cross the Cooper, hope your wait wasn't that long, maybe Shirl will lety you have some time off AGAIn next year when we head to the Gibb River Rd...claire xo
Posted by: Claire Fitzharris | September 03, 2011 at 08:10 PM