You were lucky to find that dam and see all the wild life, it must tell you that water is very far and few between

That's a Jabiru stork. I always think they're strange looking birds

You got that in one,brolgas

Possibly Australian kapok
http://anpsa.org.au/c-gil.html

great road picture. Love the colours and the long shadow of you.

Thank you Rita,

The next 2 weeks will be pretty big. Hopefully I'll survive.

xox

I could tie a kite to my flag and fly it behind my bike as I zoom along.

Hi Toby,

Thank you for getting in touch. Be careful about bike touring. It can become addictive.
I try to not think about how big my planned ride is. I just try to focus on one week at a time.
So far so good, I'm having a wonderful time.
Take care.
Vince

Hi Bill,

Thank you. I searched his name and am still reading up on his work...

Cheers
Vince

Hi Lednar,

I've thought about it but it makes me too hot and I find it easier to keep clean if I don't have too much facial hair.

Plus my wife forbids it.

Great to see you’re well prepared. Good luck on the next leg of your journey.

Don’t think I would have like to see him while I was swimming. Congratulations on a big ride. When you were writing about kites I was imagining the toy kind and wondering what they were doing out in the middle of nowhere. Obviously still half asleep. Great pic!

Hi Vince, just letting you know that I'm following your progress around Australia. In fact, I set up my browser to load your page along with other pages - news, email etc. My name is Toby and a fellow touring cyclist, but nothing on your scale!

An old friend of mine did tons of research on Varanids of Australia. Eric Pianka. If you search his name on the internet, you will find more than you want to read!

Rapid Shave? Time to go feral and grow a beard.