Category Archives: Odyssey #1 2012: Australia Europe

Today we decided to stay put, go paddling on the lagoon in front of our campsite and visit a couple of friends in Birdsville.  It was mid morning before we launched our kayak. The lagoon is fed by discharge from … Continue reading →

This morning we awoke to screeching corellas flocking onto the lagoon and the howl of a distant dingo.  For me there are no other sounds synonymous with the outback.  After the woop woop alarm at the Cooper’s Creek camp I … Continue reading →

Just before dawn this morning we were woken by the call of a Barking Owl. It was perched in a Bean tree overhanging our bivvy.  The unmistakable ‘woof woof’ began gently but when a second one returned the call the … Continue reading →

Over the years I have made handmade post cards similar to the sketch above and sent them to one particular friend. He has a beaut collection and I am envious because I never made copies.  Of late I have been … Continue reading →

Up before the sun appeared this morning and  immediately took to the laptop to write.  Slumber last night was beautiful with no annoyances other than the odd mozzie. Our room had a floor of quartz and silcrete pebbles, our roof … Continue reading →

Reluctantly this morning we left Kilcowera and headed for Thargomindah, took on fuel and decided to press on towards Quilpie.  On the way out of town we called into the rodeo grounds looking for a couple of locals we knew. … Continue reading →

Up early and went kayaking on the lagoon. We watched the sun rise through an island of dead Coolibahs.  I asked Bev what had we done to deserve this. Dusky wood swallows swooped around us, not at all concerned at … Continue reading →

The best rooms at the  pub as far as we are concerned are the front ones in the main building because first light hits them and by opening the door it is possible to watch the sunrise from in bed.  … Continue reading →

  Last night at the Marthaguy camp was so beautifully quiet that I came to the conclusion that I’m addicted to silence.  In the silence I got to thinking about the noisy sleepless nights I have had when on the … Continue reading →

There were seventy-two jobs on my ‘to do’ list that I wanted to complete before departure day; of the seventy-two, I managed to complete all but two, which wasn’t too bad.  The two I didn’t get done were picking up … Continue reading →