Our great southern migration

  Yes, this alphabet is a bit skewed! I lost effort during our move in and the holidays. Backtracking to "V". The map above is where we stayed in South Australia. Goolwa was very dry and sandy. Cool breezes coming up from the antarctic. One of the biggest sites of our visit was seeing the Murray River. We sped over it to enter South Australia (also getting rid of our fruits/vegs at the border- oh well).  And then walked along it in the region to the east of Goolwa. They were dredging it during our walk.  South Australia is in a different time zone - 1/2 hour earlier than New South Wales and Victoria during Daylight Savings. Mostly changed our arrival times at motels and discord video chats with the kids.  Goolwa harbor: We took a trip to see birds and the nearby harbor while over there - avoiding Adelaide following the coast a bit.  We took a slightly more northern route on our return trip. The painted silos along this path are really cool and someone(s) have ta...

  The bird life is truly amazing. The black cockatoos are hard to spot! They do have bright red in their tail and we have seen that a couple of times: This one is more convincing; however, the bird looks like one of those books where you combine head, torso and legs to make new creatures.  The sulfur crested cockatoos were on the power line when I first saw them. Not hiding. They weren't too shy and moved to a more picturesque location for me. ********************************************************** Addendum - Scott found the scarlet honeyeater again! And it left again. Looking a bit like a tiny superman, I think