Bush Camp Day

July  9,  2002

On our way to the East Coast we backtracked to Daly Waters.  Once again I found some new images to photograph here.  Here is the amazing sign to say we are back in Daly Waters.  On this trip Ian and Jean found the beer barrel rocking chairs.  On this trip I spotted a neat sign located directly over the front door I walked through about 15 times and never noticed before.  Finally, here is the bar itself.  People from around the world have stapled, pinned, and taped various mementos from around the world.







There really isn't a way to show you the vast nothingness of The Outback.  Here is the enormous vacuum of anything interesting again.  I can't tell you how big a highlight a herd of cows crossing the road was.  The entire coach bolted upright from a hypnotic sleep at the announcement that there were Brahma cattle crossing the road.  We slowly crept forward until the clueless cattle crossed the causeway, finally stopping here let them cross.  This was the highlight of the day.





Tonight was our bush camp.  For all our other nights we have been staying in improved campgrounds, more or less.  These camps had electric power, showers, toilets, sometimes even hot water.  This was the bush camp with none of these amenities.  The blue tables and red chairs are our dining room and behind that you can see our tents.  To go to the bathroom this day we had to grab a shovel and take a walk into the bush.  This sunset picture doesn't even do the evening justice.  The digital camera just can't capture the colors of the real thing.  That night we were in the middle of nowhere and the stars were brilliant.  There was no moon and we could clearly see Scorpio, Centarus, and the Southern Cross.  







This night we had some fun entertaining ourselves.  Edy played a few rounds of cards.  Nina brought out her didgeridoo.  Tom tried to demonstrate how to play and did a really good job for an Aussie.  Nina, however, took a bit longer to get the hang of the musical instrument.  Later that night we all sat around the campfire and sang the best words we could think of to songs we almost remembered.  

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