From 1770 at the south end of the great barrier reef we drove 1300 k mostly through the outback to the town of Lightning Ridge. Due to some 10 years of drought most of the outback is very dry, there has been rain recently but not enough to replenish it. The vegetation in these pictures is a bit lusher than in many areas. Though it is dry almost all the area we drove through is subject to flooding, though almost all the creek beds are currently dry. At many points along the road there are metersticks so that one can determine how deep the water is during the floods. Though I have put up a picture of some sheep cattle are actually more common. Since the land is so dry it will not support that many sheep or cattle. Consequently the stations (ranches I guess) are widely scattered. The kids have to go long distances to schools.
We did see some kangaroos and emus. Unfortunately as one might expect we saw almost as many run over as running around.
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