Highlights:
- Pink lakes
- Red kangaroos
- Orange sand driving
- Innovative cooking
- Hammock camping
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| I guess the road sign wasn't clear enough for some folks |
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| Last Hope Track |
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| Car poo |
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| Selfie the first |
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| One of the many dry lakes in Murray-Sunset NP |
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| This was actually taken outside the park, but still pretty cool |
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| Ditto |
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| Mt Crozer (a.k.a. campsite #1) |
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| The sunlight glistening off the red river gums was pretty amazing. Sadly, the pictures don't do it justice |
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| What do you suppose made those tracks? |
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| Lake Kenyon, one of the many Pink Lakes |
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| Remnants of an ancient inland sea |
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| Lake Hardy |
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| I forget exactly which lake this is, but it shows off the whole "pink lake" thing |
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| The lakes are pink because they're so darn salty that only a single specie of alga can survive in them. Dunaliella salina happens to be pink in color. It is one of the world's leading producers of beta carotene. |
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| Porcupine grass (read the sign above) |
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| What do you suppose made those scratches in the ground? |
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| Red kangaroos have developed some pretty crazy adaptations for survival in the desert |
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| Prior to establishment of the park, the Pink Lakes had a pretty big salt mining operation going |
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| I think this might be salt |
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| This equipment was abandoned when salt mining ceased |
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| The pink lakes formed when an ancient inland sea receded When the lakes dry out, vegetation moves in |
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| In areas of high salinity, lichens grow in place of plants. Nature is awesome |
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| This bearded dragon was about two feet long, from tip to tail. He seemed pretty happy sunning himself, and wouldn't move out of the way. Thankfully, the track was wide enough that I was able to creep slowly around him, with my head out the window to make sure I didn't run over his tail in the process. |
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| Mopoke Hut Built in 1962 by Alan Henschke, a local cattleman Alan built the place so he wouldn't have to haul a bunch of extra camping gear on his cattle drives |
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| Campsite the second The General's bullbar came in handy for tying off the rainfly |
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| Porterhouse steak for dinner with a little Slap Ya Mama for seasoning |
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| It was too windy for a campfire, but I didn't have any fuel for the butane stove... |
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| ... so let's improvise! |
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| Obligatory sunset picture. |
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| The hammock was rather cozy, and the wind rocked me to sleep |
Videos:
| Gnarr Road - I came across this fella on the way in |
| Honeymoon Hut Track |
| Sand driving along the Mt Crozier Track |
