31st May 2026: We left Winton after an unsuccessful attempt to visit the Chinese vegetable garden of Willie Mae. We headed out to Hughenden, a 3.5 hour trip. The land was pretty dry without much vegetation or signs of animal life! We saw lots of kites- black and whistling and then groups of Drought master cattle. We stopped in Hughenden at the Flinders Discovery Centre- the only thing on offer in this very small town! We saw more dinosaur bones, read about sheep and quickly passed over more memorabilia!
We headed to Porcupine Gorge National Park where I had booked us a camping site, some distance from other campers. We walked to the Gorge and back (2.7km) just as the sun was setting.
I successfully set up Starlink on the caravan roof then made a sort of vegetable hot pot stir fry using the carrots, parsnip zucchini, capsicum, onions and mushrooms I had on hand, together with a tin of salmon each with pasta.
It is so nice to be in a National park rather than a caravan park!
FUN FACT: Today, all birds have feathers and only birds have feathers, but it has not always been thus. Feathers were not a bird innovation. Feathers evolved before birds. Fossils indicate that many non-bird dinosaurs had feathers and many lived millions of years before the first birds appeared.
ReplyDeleteMore 'fun facts' have been posted for previous days. Enjoy!