Lets call this trip 3, post 1

Well it is saturday morning on the eve of new years eve. I have the day off work and it is my last one till we go. I am starting to feel the 'I think we are really going away' excited tingly feeling. We have our packs out and a few things scattered around waiting to go inside them. I think we have everything we need. We have tickets booked, insurance paid, packs, cameras, a vague itinerary, we have even got a hotel boked for when we land. I feel like we are cheating booking ahead but hey 10pm in a town you have never been to after traveling for 18 hours on no sleep I will be happy to have booked.

To be honest I should be cleaning right now that why I am writing. I guess I will write again in a week and a bit when I have my first story to tell you.

As before I would love to get comments on my stories. I can see people have visited but it is great to know who you are and what you think.

Cheers

Dylan

Koonamore

Wow nearly a year since I last posted, I must have been busy with something mundane. Katie and I are about to embark on yet another trip to our second home, Thailand. But before I start posting about our travels I have to give a short run down on a short but interesting trip we took a month back.

So back to the beginning... A few months ago Katie spotted a flyer at uni telling of an ecology trip run through Adelaide uni looking at plants. Of course this was too good to be true for Katie and I was wondering how I was going to get out of it (just kidding). So after a few emails we had volunteered to go and count salt bush.

So just after our end of year exams we headed off with a bunch of new friends to a station called Koonamore which is well, in the middle of nowhere. About an hour away from Yunta which is a couple of hours from Burra which is a few hours from Adelaide. We arrive in the afternoon unpacked had a cup of tea and after a short briefing we were put to work. I put my hand up to stay in the house to help clean up and organise dinner while others went out rabbiting and quadratting.

So to keep a long story short It was hot (45.2°C if I remember correctly) and dry. I probably walked about 20 km in the week, in the sun, but it was still fun for some reason that can’t explain.

So to the highlights…

The stars


The food


The Tea


The pineapple (Oh I mean Lim)


The Measuring



The lake (who put that lake there anyway)



The scenery


The wildlife (when we saw some)



The hats and fly nets


The house


The people ; )


I Hope those of you we travelled with a having a great summer (of course I hope everyone is having a great summer)

Happy New Year.

Dylan