Broken Hill, featured in “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” … well worth seeing!
There are very few phone/wifi towers across the Nullarbor, only one phone company has partial coverage and that’s not mine! So no radio and my friends who were also on the same road, at a different time, were concerned I had no entertainment or communication … for me this was sheer bliss. We met for morning tea on the road one day … what a circus. I’d taken great care to get my times right as there was a 2 hour time difference between us. So I arrived ten minutes early … they’d been waiting for hours. They didn’t do their maths so well.
Where does my brain go with all that spacious wonder .. meditation or composing silly ditties. When I drove endless miles in the outback for work I had to compose court reports … my secretaries got used to fading out the tarmac noise in order to type them up.
Here is a taste of one … just for fun!
red river gums
are really rather funny
red river gums
have no need for money
red river gums
are full of honey
red river gums
are lively and sunny
red river gums
play with bird and bunny
red river gums
like eating plums
red river gums
don’t beg for our crumbs
red river gums
lift us out of the glums
red river gums
are good at doing sums
red river gums
gobble fresh cinnamon buns
must admit I did miss them, my local cinnamon buns!
aroused 
Wonderful photos, for me in Costa Rica, they look like an alternative planet…:) Enjoyed your traveling ditties too:)
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Loved the poem , and wow so much to see , and love all of that space to BE!.. no Internet distractions.
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exactly how I felt Sue, so liberating! But those addicted to devices were fearful …
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I enjoyed your “Red Rivergum” poem, and I’m loving all the wonderful photos of your marvelous adventure Kate …
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ooh thanks heaps Ivor, you planning any adventures now the restrictions have lifted?
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In April next … my cousins Maureen & Terry (Philadelphia) are visiting, and we are planning a trip to Tasmania (our parents were born in Wynard ) and I think we’ll be going to Sydney too ..
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We could all do with time off from time. (K)
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This must have been an invigorating experience Kate.
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ha I love travel anyway it comes Sadje … as my 3 preferred modes of transport faltered I just got in my car and went. Tiny but economical, had not planned any long trips in it or I would have got something I could stretch out in 🙂
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Love the poem – whimsy is always a good travel companion!!
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Thank you so much for sharing your travel journal and showing your beautiful country. I am enjoying the “real” picture of the country. I feel embarrassed about my knowledge of your country. The desert, the camel, an endless list.
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camels with their Afghan handlers were imported for exploration and transportation in the 1840’s. They thrived in our outback deserts and now run wild …
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What beautiful and interesting photos! 🙂
And your poem brings joy and smiles! 🙂 Love the creativity and rhymes! 😀
(((HUGS))) 🙂 ❤️😄
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Wonderful photos Kate – quite the road trip and adventure.
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We did a drive by in Broken Hill, camped at a roadside truck stop. Surprisingly quiet, a truck driver came over for a chat and shared a beer. I remember the sky was an amazing cobalt blue. And the gum trees, surviving everywhere, a perfect haven for bird life. Your poem really caught their gentle majesty
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Being truly “unplugged,” especially in such a beautiful location, would be heaven!
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Wow that poem is awesome Kate and what lovely pictures.
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Your post enchanted me ; I was in Nularbor ( I like this name : non arbres in French/latin) enjoying the big Red river gums and eating with delight the cinamon rolls ( I discover they are sold in Paris !!!! . Well, you make me dream , Kate and your poem was in harmony.
About the cinnamon rolls sold in Paris :
https://www.vogue.fr/lifestyle-en/article/where-to-find-the-best-cinnamon-rolls-in-paris
Love ❤
Michel
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Awesome and beautiful country! Kate, your poetry led me right to some delicious cinnamon rolls . . . yummy!
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Stunning! I enjoyed your poem. 🙂 And those red cliffs at Port Augusta are beautiful!
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their red cliffs, windfarms and botanic gardens were really spectacular Norah 🙂
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No, they do appear to be quite slow, which is why I chose to use the word ‘rotate’ rather than ‘spin’ which I wrote first. It’s so good that the alternative energies are being embraced. It’s a start – so much more to be done.
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Just love your whimsical ditty, sis, and wonderful photos!
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What a wonderful experience.
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Red River Gums
Make me smile
Red River Gums
Just another mile
Red River Gums
Better than the Nile
Red River Gums
Like an aisle
Red River Gums
Red River Gums
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lol thanks for joining in the frivolity … I so loved orienteering among the red river gums but sadly all those rivers are severely flooded at present 😦
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you had a fun time, it was all so worth it, right? ❤
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such an amazing time Carol Anne, the solitary long drive were the perfect meditation, the wildflowers a handsome reward 🙂
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Beautiful place indeed 😍. Thank you for sharing.
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thanks so much!
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Beautiful scenery 😊
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thanks so much!
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