Summer storm off in the distance over the gibber plains.
Its amazing what technology has done to the social aspects of remote work life. Before me in this selfie, is one of the most remote cricket fields in Qld. The pitch is cement and the outfield consists of gibber stones. It is unused, a remnant of the social side of remote work in the 80's and 90's before Wi-Fi internet access, and everyone had a smart phone. Still the old two tiered seat provided a good spot to watch the distant storms.
The storms were pretty minimal in my area, but better rains to the north, meant the Cooper flowed again. I managed to get down into a little creek to watch the water pour down it and fill the soil cracks beneath m feet. The next day I would have been under water standing in the same spot.
Soon as you went out of the channel and onto the flats, conditions were still very dry.
Still plenty of Bourke's parrots hanging in the 'Minnieritchie', or Red Mulga, trees.
It doesn't take much water to fire up the Budgies though
Big fella putting the moves on his girl.
I actually climbed up and sat in a Bloodwood tree next to a small drying waterhole, when I was taking these budgie photos. A White-winged triller came in to see what I was. Most of the time it was way too close for my telephoto lens.
Even the Corellas had no idea what I was
I caught this nice looking Common brown snake with dark flecking, entering a soil crack.
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