MY WORLD ~ A trip north . . .

Another of our trips north through farming and dry-lands

to where northern mountain ranges rise.

After driving for a few hours we were hungry, so we stopped

in Auburn for lunch at, would you believe it, The House of the

Rising Sun! Well almost, at the Rising Sun anyway. I have

always loved that song and my daughter sings it beautifully.

The food was good and the service super friendly in a pub setting.

Onward through rather monotonous country where the main

attraction was the sky,

to a distant view of Mt Remarkable

at the foot of which lies Melrose, our goal for the day.

It was a long day's drive and we were exhausted, dark was

setting in and we just veged out in our cabin with this cute

little butterfly/moth in the bathroom.

Next morning we discovered the cause of all the bangs on

the window. We had passed through swarms of them on the way,

locusts, bashing their heads in against the glass and providing

free take-aways for the ants who were dismembering them and

carrying them off piece by piece even though before they were

dead!

Only after taking some photos did I look up at the view from

our cabin, hmm, not exactly prepossessing . . .

ah, but it did have compensations, fifteen minutes worth of

a huge flock of Little Corellas on a fly-by in front of the dark

trees at the foot of the mountain, screeching as they flew and

looking for all the world like a swirling snow-storm. Corellas

are white parrots that multiply to plague proportions in grain

growing country. You could hear landholders setting off

gunshots to keep the flock from settling on their trees.

A cloud drifted over the ridge and down the mountainside,

drowning the view and leaving us to spend the rainy day

resting up before continuing our journey.

We managed a walk the next day and spotted this beautiful

Xanthorrhoea, locally and most politically incorrectly called a

Black Boy, just before dark. (Enlarge for a better look.)

The lights were just coming on in the little historical town of

Melrose, South Australia.

Some parrots will follow in my birds post to-morrow.

The world is a wonderful place, click on the Logo and see it from

your armchair.