Thursday, April 29, 2021

Day 9: Thu 29 Apr - Lake Dunn

14-29 deg C, cloudy in the morning, clearing towards lunch

After breaky, we set off with our mornos and lunch to do the last two legs of the Scultpure Trail. These were all unfenced roads, so we encountered lots of roaming cattle, a few kangaroos and emus.

We missed a few scultpures, but managed to find the one we missed yesterday. There is a lot of work involved in sculpting them considering one lady has done them all. She must have a very large and dverse collection of scrap metals. She certainly has an artistic, imaginitive eye, as all sculptures are very life-like. The two legs were dirt roads and in very good condition despite the recent rains. We visted Gray Rock which is a sandstone outcrop that was a stopping point for Cobb & Co in the 1870s. There was a hotel there which served as a changing point for the horses. You can probably Google it for more information, if you're interested. We also visited the Healing Circle which is an ancient sacred healing circle which is connected to six others in the world - Japan, Tibet, Madagascar, Peru, Turkey and the USA. We missed four sculptures - Bush spider, Possum in a gum, Brolgas, and Where’s Wally. Something to look forward to next time we visit.

We were home in time for lunch and then Wendy did some work whilst Greg went for a 27 km ride.

The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent blogging and relaxing.

Sunrise this morning


The lagoon next to Lake Dunn


Cutting horse cowgirl

Waving chopper pilot

Butterflies

Goanna in Gum


Plane

Koala in a tree

Sideshow Bob tree

Dingo on a stump

Pig

Kookaburra 

White cockatoos

Bottle tree

Eagle and snake

Motorbike musterer

Thirsty cockatoos

Deer

Frog and dragonflies

Mustering dog on a rock

Returned soldier (hard to capture)

Eagle and nest of chicks

Fighting red Roos

Same as above - look at those eyelashes

Roaming white bull

Spring Fish - the one we missed yesterday 

Healing Circle

Ant beds

There is still water on the road, came over the running boards on the cruiser

A real live goanna

Two live white cows

A really red road

A real live emu

A cave near the Returned Soldier sculpture 

Gray Rock


View from the Healing Circle

Wild flowers

On Greg’s ride this afternoon 















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