We are small (Day 3)

Uluru and Kata Tjuta are the only landmarks on an otherwise flat featureless desert. To appreciated this we hired a helicopter for a aerial tour of the national park. I hope the readers enjoy these photos, which show just how small we are and the vastness of nature.

Me with three birds

The red center is a semi-arid environment

Uluru in its semi-arid environment

In this photo is the Lesseter Highway which is the main road into Uluru. On the left is smoke from a back burning operation and on the right is Ayers Rock Resort

Uluru and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas)

Ripples of life

Are we there yet (Broken Hill)?

Ask any Sydneysider, driving the city is a stop, start and honk affair. Past Dubbo, things change and we finally meet clean open roads. As far as the horizon the road stretches on and on. The landscape becomes drier and more road kill is evident. You next turn may be hundreds of kms away!

Looking back at the road just traveled. Dubbo and Sydney had become a distant memory as we press onwards to the center of Australia

One of the funniest thing was found was that the first truly outback shire was named 'Bogan Shire'. A bogan in a contemporary sense is a Australian slang used to describe people who have limited education and of lower social economical class. Often these individuals hold socially simple/unacceptable and discriminatory points of view. It is a derogatory term. I guess the easiest explanation is that it means the same as 'red neck' for the Americans.

Bogan shire and Nyngan are lovely places with a funny name.

 
Immaturity aside 'Bogan Shire' the shire has the Bogan river flowing through it and the main town is Nyngan. I don't know why the shire is named as such. If any fellow bloggers know why please share.

The road ahead is straight, our next turn is in 566 kms!

Nyngan is the start of the outback for New South Wales (NSW). We finally saw some arid like environment on the drive.

You can see the dryness in this photo.