Yesterday we spent a lovely hour or two walking around the Arid Lands Botanic Garden and what a fabulous place it is - my idea of heaven! 200 hectares of native plants of the arid lands of South Australia & some of them were just stunning - why so many people use exotic plants in their gardens and properties when we have such magnificent plants astounds me.
Here we can see Murray admiring a Eucalyptus Kruseana and just look at the Eucalyptus Youngiana (Ooldea Mallee)!!! Sorry about the botanic names, but I know a couple of people who will be looking these up!
Also visited the Wadlata Outback Centre, which gives visitors a great look at the geological, Aboriginal and European history of this part of SA - another well spent couple of hours.
Murray finally got his dive this morning. We drove down to Whyalla and hired the gear he needed before heading out to Point Lowly, where he just went off the rocky foreshore and saw Giant Cuttlefish very quickly in water between 3 and 6 metres. Luckily he was in the water before the many people who were arriving as we left. The cuttlefish have apparently arrived later this year as they do not come in until the water temperature drops to 17 degrees and below. The salt level in the water also reduces at this time, which is critical to the breeding and subsequent hatching of the eggs. Here he is heading down to the water.
We are all off to Maree tomorrow - the weather is still a bit unpredictable and rain is tipped for Tuesday, so we want to get into Muloorina Station, which is about 50km from Maree if possible as it sounds like a great place to stay and affords good access to Lake Eyre. This part of the trip is turning out to be a day-to-day proposition depending on which roads are accessible to the vans, but that just adds to the adventure!
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