The Red Continent

As we traveled north the Gum trees got smaller, 

Rivers were dry as a bone.  Yet despite the drought flowers survived and bloomed.

Towns were few and far between.  

We would stop at the occasional Road House for refreshments and a break in the searing heat.  






Gas was the most expensive we have ever encountered.

One of the few sights was these giant, hard Termite nests.  They would appear every now and again, hundreds of them like haystacks in a farmer's field.

We saw herds of feral goats and sheep and the occasional cow.  We saw many kangaroos...all dead on the side of the road.

The red dust of Australia got everywhere.