Tuesday, 29 July 2014

14/7 Rest Day in the Desert

We decided not to go anywhere today.  We simply wanted to rest a bit and take it easy for a day.  It continued to drizzle rain on and off throughout the day, but we were hoping it would stop.

We took some walks up onto the sand dunes to see what was on the other side, plus also checking out the flowers that were visible everywhere, growing in the sand.

We notices these holes that seemed to be dug into the sand just about everywhere.  Initially I thought it might be some native animal, but had my doubts.  Later as I walked atop one of the sand dunes I saw the culprit.  A grey rabbit.  They are very shy and scuttle into their holes at the least disturbance.  Rabbits are not native to Australia and are considered a pest. They somehow manage to survive and breed.  Throughout our trip these rabbit holes were everywhere.  Pity the Dingo population is so low, otherwise the Rabbits wouldn't have a chance!
We also did see some Dingo tracks, but no Dingos.

Later in the evening we started another camp fire and had a pleasant evening.

Tim and Annika went to the top of the sand dune

We camped among some trees to get shelter from the wind

The campsite is just under a large Sand Dune

The road ahead for when we leave tomorrow

Between the sand dunes are these lovely camp sites
The flowers in this area were blooming

A daisy variety

Even some violet colors were represented

Can't miss the yellow either

Pretty white flowers

Rabbit hole 

More flowers



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