Just looking at the photos makes me yearn for the open spaces and freedom of the bush.Planning is underway for the next trip. Norseman will be first up, then head north through the desert tracks as much as possible to Broome, then into the Kimberlies. Maybe find some gold along the way if I'm lucky.
posted by rackorf at 4:00 PM
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Such tremendous beauty. I sorta prefer a wetter, cooler climate but nevertheless that is a powerful, rugged kind of natural beauty.
Re. your reply to my comment in prev. post, you guys in the Southern Hemisphere have a faaaar better sky than we do above the equator ... Yes, we have Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky (and the name I give to that guy I like for blogging purposes but that's my own nuttiness). You have Canopus, the second brightest night sky star ... Alpha Centauri ... the third ... Arcturus is the fourth, but that is a NH star.
Finally, you have the Southern Cross (which I believe is the design on the Australian flag) and the Magellanic Clouds.
You are pretty well informed!! The magellanic clouds and the milky way are something to behold from up north, they take on a 3-d aspect rather than being flat points of light - sort of puts everything into true perspective as to the scheme of things.
When I'm out the bush at night looking at the stars, I like to think of myself as sitting on the pointy end of spaceship earth and hurtling through space at whatever (20-30?) thousands of Km/h we are travelling at.
We have the southern cross on a couple of flags, the official one and the Eureka flag which was hoisted by miners defending their stockade against the powers that were in charge at the time - the Eureka flag has no union flag on it and gave rise to the term 'diggers' for Aussie soldiers.
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