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The only desert we've seen in Australia was around Alice Springs and Uluru. The hills and mountains are missing in this, but it's still pretty.
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I missed getting this to send when we lost signal out of Brokrn Hill
https://www.journeybeyondrail.com.au/ ... -pacific/
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Have you ever been on the Ghan?
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Plenty to see.. just mainly the same thing... till you are 1-2 hours or so out of Adelaide.. then an hour or 2 beyond and it starts getting into real desert
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Yeah many years ago before they extended the line to Darwin.
We have silly tales about that trip too.
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Yeah, I'm a desert rat I understand "desertness". There is plenty to see out there. My remarks were in jest, but not everyone can see it.Dave from down under wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:57 pm Plenty to see.. just mainly the same thing... till you are 1-2 hours or so out of Adelaide.. then an hour or 2 beyond and it starts getting into real desert
And yeah, we ain't nowhere the Null Arbor yet!
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I've done both, Indian -Pacific and the Ghan. Enjoyed both immensely. Really liked my single compartment room on the Indian Pacific. Met fun people in the lounge (Australians who had visited my little home town in central Oregon). Great trains to be on to watch Australia go by.
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Ok, I've got signal and time again, so I start catching up.
Here's the real Nulabor. Ain't no trees, nowhere
Here's the real Nulabor. Ain't no trees, nowhere
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Cook, population 3, where the line from the west met the line from the east.
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Thanks for the photos.
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Great photos! I luvs traveling with you from the comfort of home.
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Those are great, and I can see the resemblance (to your former state).
The more I learn about this planet, the more improbable it all seems.
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Pictures are really impressive. Thanks!
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My Crested Yorkie, Gilda and her amazing hair.
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I'm replacing this odd shaped bit of decking that rotted away.
Using 'EcoWood' for the deck, which is recycled plastic and bamboo I think.
The frame is done except for the two supports in the middle which is proudly overengineering but I ain't messing around this time.
I have placed the first deck board so you get a sense of what's happening.
No I haven't, I'm on my phone and can't figure out how to get the foto there right now. I gotta go finish before the 30 people come by to watch the melbourne cup tomorrow
Using 'EcoWood' for the deck, which is recycled plastic and bamboo I think.
The frame is done except for the two supports in the middle which is proudly overengineering but I ain't messing around this time.
I have placed the first deck board so you get a sense of what's happening.
No I haven't, I'm on my phone and can't figure out how to get the foto there right now. I gotta go finish before the 30 people come by to watch the melbourne cup tomorrow
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The Melbourne Cup! Just for fun, I googed around a bit. Oz loves horse racing. That's cool.
The more I learn about this planet, the more improbable it all seems.
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The race that stops the nation….
Great excuse for slacking off on a Tuesday Arvo and having a bit of a party
Great excuse for slacking off on a Tuesday Arvo and having a bit of a party
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The desert photos remind me of the high plains desert of Eastern Oregon and Idaho. Beautiful in it's own way. but fifty miles to nowhere in all directions. Your car better have plenty of fuel and be in tip top shape, or you aren't making it.
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Ok, its 07:03, and i'm sitting here in a hospital gown waiting to go into theatre at or about 08:00 to get a new eye.
At least the TV is not on a murdoch channel.
At least the TV is not on a murdoch channel.
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