G’day,
It’s another Pleasant Sunday Afternoon(PSA) here. How is it where you are?
Last week I put up a few photos of some bird life at Dalhousie Springs on the western edge of the Simpson Desert.
Bill Arnold, another pharmacist sent some pics he said I could use of his crossing in 2005.
Bill wrote:
We went through East West in 2005.
A magic place. Showers and dunnies. And birdlife.
We stopped for a cuppa the day before at a spring with millions of finches.
Camel tracks, no camels.
Aren’t you a bit lost ? Didn’t think your mob were in this area.
My pictures were from the archives. When I went through there where no facilities or wire barriers. Only wildlife. I think it was 2003.
And whilst I am never lost I have been geographically misplaced for various lengths of time which adds to the enjoyment of a trip! Well I never use a GPS. It’s all ready reckoning. However I might get one for here. Some of the elders can direct me cross country over sandunes to land directly on a waterhole miles away that they have not visited for ten years. It is amazing.
As my PSA posts continue I hope to have pictures and stories from all over rural and remote Australia.
Now to the Pictures.
Camping at Dalhousie Springs
Dalhousie Springs
Spinifex Pigeon (Katararrtji)
Spinifex Pigeon (Katararrtji)
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Welcome to another Pleasant Sunday Afternoon.
After you cross the Simpson Desert from East to West you get to Dalhousie Springs where even the hot spring fed waterhole feels cool…. for a time.
Being the only water for a bit it attracts a little bird life. After a swim I took out my camera and waited. The scan picked up a little dust (no – I am not always a film troglodyte. Go here for proof!) so I apologise for the few marks you see in the pictures. Click on the pictures for bigger images.
Spinifex Pigeon is called Katararrtji in the Ngaanyatjarra Language. Although the distribution of the Singing Honeyeater is supposedly through most of Australia (including here) I haven’t seen one here to get the local name. Singing in language is “yinkaku” for singing a song, and “wangkaku” means birds singing.
Spinifex Pigeon
Spinifex Pigeon
Singing Honeyeater
Bob Gosford from The Northern Myth in an email discussion pointed out the pigeon here is a crested and not a spinifex pigeon. And he is right. I have some Spinifex Pigeon shots from Palm Valley I will include here when I find them! Next time I will ensure I double check my wildlife. Bob has a good article on them you can read here
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You can see how it got it’s name.
The Painted Desert only took 80 million years to create. Those hills are steep, but even standing on the edge of a cliff the slope is deceiving. It is a magnificent place.
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