MY WORLD ~ 19 North of the Warrumbungles

At the northern side of the Warrumbungles lies

Coonabarabran, the Astronomy capital of Australia.

Not only are these mountains famous for their clear

skies, but also for their wealth of 250+ million year

old fossil finds. Here are but two examples of leaves

with beautifully preserved colours.

Onward for long, long stretches of just long long

stretches, when we came upon Chinaman's Pond

covered in the most beautiful water lilies in white

and masses of pink. We had two more stays in New

South Wales,usually abour 4-500km apart.
NSW is a large state, Queensland is very much

larger and entailed another sleep.

One of the points of interest in massive stretches of
nothing scenic in particular, or I was perhaps too

tired to be observant, we spied these two massive

Baobabs or bottle trees. Their pregnant bellies hold

water and many an old bushy wandering on foot in
this vast landscape was saved by gouging into this

handy water source.

Near a coffee break on the edge of a small town

was a little creek with enough water to cool my feet

in and attract this lovely dragonfly.

Happily we had by now crossed into Queensland

where Bouganvileas flourished in the warm climate

Next week, if you bear with me, we finally

reach the coast with again totally different

landscapes on the way.

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To Klaus and the MY WORLD/SKYWATCH

team my thanks as ever for this marvelllous meme.