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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand
Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand
Larry2006-05-27 03:23:16
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that a kangaroo had been run-over, and stopped to take the orphaned baby
with them. The youngest son was actually feeding the baby kangaroo with a
baby's bottle...
After having a small dinner at the Mobil roadhouse (you can get petrol, a
hot meal, and a place to sleep at most outback roadhouses), I decided to
take a walk before sunset and see what there was of Ti Tree. Some
Aboriginal children sitting on the grass outside the tiny Ti Tree School...
the police station, small and quiet... the smell of dinner in the air as I
passed by some old homes... a farm windmill standing proud against a full
moon... and every once in a while, a car or road train whizzing by along the
Stuart Highway. Not a bad place to spend a lazy evening.
THE LONG DRIVE NORTH
Driving the Stuart Highway was something I enjoyed immensely, possibly
because I've always liked the desert. The next day would be almost nothing
but driving -- from Ti Tree all the way to Katherine in the north -- but I
loved it. Upon returning from my trip, I realized that I took almost no
pictures during the drive. I suppose there wasn't anything too
out-of-the-ordinary to take a picture of, but it's a drive that I highly
recommend to anyone, and it remains one of my favorite parts of the trip.
Driving north, you pass through many small outback towns, some just a
little larger than others. Every hour or so, you'll pass either a small
town, or just a service station, to get petrol, a cold one, or some food,
and then it'll be nothing but desert or grazing areas again until the next
one.
A few nights earlier while staying at Kings Canyon, I had written some
postcards, but had yet to mail them. I stopped for petrol along the side of
the road, filled up, bought some Deep Spring soda, and asked the attendent
if there was a place
...
See photographs from:
Australia Gallery
,
New Zealand Gallery
