Along the
road to Onslow we saw three really big willy willys picking up red dirt and
flying around. We also saw masses of flocks of hundreds of green budgerigars.
They looked like green clouds zooming everywhere across the sky.
You can just see the Willy Willys in this photo |
The termite
mounds look different here as well because they have chimneys on them. They are
made by Spinifex termites.
We camped at the site of old Onslow town by the
Ashburton River.
The view of the Ashburton River from our camp spot. It was very misty one morning! |
It was a great spot and I caught a Silver Cobbler fish that
weighed about 2 kg. It was
delicious to eat!
At the Old
Onslow site we had a look at the remains
of the old police station and jail. There was broken pieces of glass on the top of
the wall to stop the prisoners from escaping.
Inside one of the jail cells. There is a big iron ring in the middle of the floor to chain the prisoner to. |
All the wildflowers are beginning to show. This is the green bird flower which looks like a bird when the flower is side on. |
We left Old Onslow and drove to thee
new town of Onslow to see the Staircase to the Moon which only happens when it
is a full moon and it is low tide over the mud flats which was happening on the
1st August. When the moon starts to come up over the horizon it shines down
across the mud flats and looks like stairs going up to the moon. It is a very
special sight!
Yesterday I
went walking on sunset Beach where there were piles of shells right along the
beach. I collected some really special shells. One of my shells looks like it
has a black button pearl in it. I was
really sad to see a dead green turtle on the beach!
Today we are
on our way to Exmouth to do something REALLY SPECIAL which I will tell you
about in my next blog. CAN'T WAIT!
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