The drive down was through coastal plains & scrub , with claypans and no trees , wildflowers were still present , but past their best.
We arrived at the station at 10:30 , and after setting up & fiddling round for a while had a Bbq lunch , it was 35 degrees and the wind was from the east , fortunately for us , it turned to the SW and brought some relief from the ocean - a mere 10 klms away .
Here is the river bed beside our campspot .
There is prolific bird life here , budgerigars by the hundreds , zebra finches as well , galahs , peewees, and I even saw a kingfisher . The budgies were nesting in any hollow they could find , there was quite a few near to us .
The budgies also blend in very well with the surrounding landscape . You can see in the bottom photo , the parent is feeding one in the hollow branch - it's a bit hard to see .
We had a thermal pool dip in the afternoon - it comes from 240m below ground and at 32 degrees , not much cooler than the airtime at the moment - the wind is starting to come from the sea and is definitely cooler . They have 2 tanks mounted in the ground beside the river that the bore water flows into . We warmed up , then stood in a sprinkler to cool down again - it to was bore water .
Back for a beer & cheese & bickies , while relaxing in the cool breeze . We decided to light a fire as we had some old tax files to burn , and we sat outside with some tea , before retiring for the evening .
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