OUR WORLD - Gin & Tonic in the Outback

A rare opportunity to head to the Outback

and settle on the porch with a G&T

as the desert light changes

over the diggings

yes, I had a rare chance to go to Andamooka again

where there are opal diggings in all directions

we found a welcome visitor in the house

a stumpy tail lizard who hat made himself quite at home 

being afraid he would not find enough food and drink inside,

I picked him up and took him outside

getting on in years and lacking driving endurance

I seldom get a wonderful chance like this

but when I do, I jump at it

walking among the old diggings

hoping to pick up an opal chip or two

and wondering whether it was worth

digging this Great Wall of China

it looked somehow as though all this effort had been in vain

it was only 4 nights away, 

two of them on the road

but so well worth it

if only to be away from home for a bit

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