Kangaroo and Emu footprints
Today was a lovely, sunny day which got up to around 27 degrees C. After breakfast Nathan, Toby and I went for a walk along the road to photograph some animal footprints that Nathan and I saw last night but we didn’t have a camera with us. The road was a lot drier than it had been yesterday, although it was still a bit soft in parts. We had a lot of fun trying to work out what animals the tracks came from.
On our way back we met up with Andrew who had finished the things he was doing and had decided to walk in the direction we had gone in. We turned around and walked a bit further until it was time for lunch and we went back to the camper.
After lunch we thought it was time to test out the road, so we drove to the woolshed. We had to pay for another day and another night of camping in the park, and we tried to call to find out if the road south was open or likely to be open tomorrow. We chatted to a park ranger who gave us some numbers to try tomorrow, but he said the road was still shut. Then we explored the old woolshed, explaining to Nathan and Toby what a shearing shed was all about. The two boys then acted out being sheep and shearers…it was so funny! They did it over and over again, taking turns in who was the sheep and who the shearer.
We went for a drive around the park to have a look at the lakes, but the picnic area we went to wasn’t really as nice as we thought it would be, and the lake was inaccessible. The lake was really lovely though, and there were some accessible places along the road.
We drove back to our campsite via the old homestead site where there was little more than some old rubble lying around and a few information boards to tell us what used to be there. It certainly was an interesting place before it became a National Park!
Back at our campsite and I discovered that the road we want to drive on is now open, so we are hoping for an early start tomorrow. The plan at the moment is to pack up the camper, drive to the woolshed for showers and then head south (assuming the road is still open).
Emu footprints
kangaroo footprints
Woolshed
Toby the shearer
Nathan the shearer
Wool sorting table and press
Sheep holding yards
