July 29th: It rained all night and it was still raining when we woke up so we decided to stay in Quorn for another day. We walked down to Scrubby Fella’s for a coffee and a biscuit and had them sitting on either side of their slow combustion stove. We then went on a muddy walk from the back of the caravan park to a garden of Bush foods and Bush medical plants. We particularly took notice of the avenue of quandongs.We then climbed up an embankment and walked along the outside fence of the van park, circumnavigating it as we walked amongst acacias, mulga and bamboo and got even more muddy.

I then did the final load of wash for the trip- hard to resist when there was a drier available! Nic cleaned our skylight and attempted to fix its small leak, which has come to light with the rain. It isn’t obvious what the cause of the leak is.

I then received a phone call from Arid Air that 2 places on their Lake Eyre flight out of Marree had become available, for July 31st, so we leave for Marree tomorrow.

I cooked us a Vegie and cheese omelette with a salad for dinner.

Sculpture of yellow-footed wallabies in Quorn Main Street

quandong in Bush food gardens

Unripe quandongs