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So we had a glass of red to celebrate. As you do....

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Boring- I know, but it was a lovely experience. Just Pete and I, and it was his birthday.

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Yet another red dune at sunset!

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I love, love, love spinifex pigeons:) I also love looking up through trees when the sky's really blue.

Final pic on this post is flood level markers for the Cooper Creek.

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We came across a controlled burn. It was a beautiful old gum but I think they're making more camping spaces for free campers, by the river.

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We did the Nature Drive and sat for a while by the Cooper Creek. It was so peaceful.

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Windorah has an incredibly well-stocked outback store - anything at a price except, it seems, sparkling water, which Pete's run out of.

I told him we should take the Soda stream. I TOLD'IM!

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A fun way to name your property - no-one'll miss it!

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But these are my favourites.

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These are 'interesting'

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And so to Windorah. This is a town with a lot of 'interesting' signs. This at the pub is the first of many.

If you're wondering about the chook, she decided she'd like to join us for lunch!

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Then we came across the eastern most red sand dune. Lovely views and a great example of spinifex spreading itself across the dune. Its roots can grow down to 3m to ensure its survival and, as a bonus, will stabilise the dune.

Today we also came across a flock of emus. They ran, then stopped, then ran, then stopped across the road in front of us. I have it on video but this programme won't allow me to upload it! :(

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The next section of the drive was through a very different landscape of white, sandy desert. The photo on the right is actually the road.

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Lovely birds! The first is a new one for me - a Bourke's Parrot. I was walking past the tree when I heard a sound like a budgie and looked up to see this gorgeous little parrot. Unfortunately, it was in shade so the photo's not the best but it was blue under the brown wings with a pink breast. Sweet little thing. Next is what I believe to be a cuckoo-shrike, then a diamond dove.

The yellow flower is a particularly vibrant but very prickly acacia (wattle). I love acacias and this one with its little pompoms was just so pretty.

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Jundah has four entry signs, each like a tin hut front, each has info about the town on a blackboard.

We drove out to Welford National Park, encountering a flock of Major Mitchell's Cockatoos on the way. I was really chuffed because we've only ever seen one before and they're so pretty. There were about 30 in this flock, so we were very fortunate to see them. Well spotted by Bob.

This curious mummy roo caught our eye because she was so curious. She sat and stared at us from a couple of metres away and it took us a while to realise that her joey was head-first in the pouch - notice the legs sticking out:)

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We drove the town nature trail and saw herons, red-tailed black cockatoos and eastern ring-necked parrots along the Thomson River, as well as lovely old gums trying to survive on its banks. This one may not be here next year.

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On the way to Jundah we came across two wedge-tailed eagles, feasting on a dead roo in the middle of the road - quite a sight as they didn't seem to want to move. We also visited a native well and a lovely viewpoint.