Wednesday, 1 August 2012

30 July, 2012 - Timber Creek to Sadler's Creek

It has now become colder at night, probably because we have moved further inland & a desert-like climate is affecting us rather than a tropical one.  I quite like the change as it is easier to sleep & the days are beautiful.  It was quite windy when we awoke & we could see the trees blowing about a bit as we drove out of Timber Creek.  We saw increasing numbers of boab trees & their naive shapes continued to fascinate us.  Rivers still carved into the landscape & the resulting escarpments were dramatic.  The grasses were long, blonde & tough-looking & would probably have provided good weaving material for the aborigines.  The trees looked smaller & rather stunted and the creeks were drying up.  On the main road, we saw a sign for a cattle station, the gateway of which was 75km from the homestead - a long driveway to negotiate in order to collect your mail!!  Cattle grazed upon unfenced land, which was always a hazard.

Sadler's Creek was adequate, but "gritty" - it had no grass, but there were trees for shade & several other caravanners had gathered there.  We chose a spot where we could hopefully avoid the worst of the dust & settled down for a relaxed afternoon.

Bob began to worry about all the fruit & veg. that we would not be allowed to take into Western Australia tomorrow.  He stewed some pears for dessert this evening & we ate some of the melon for lunch.  I wasn't sure that we'd be able to use everything up, though - we still had potatoes, carrots, onions, oranges, an apple & some salad.  Did I mention a relaxed afternoon?  I spent most of it preparing vegetables for the freezer & making celery soup.  We planned to have the mushrooms & tomatoes with our breakfast tomorrow.

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