Emu
I like emus, they don’t jump in front of your car. You are driving the second 300km stretch of dirt road for the day. Could be red bull dust or white, depending in the area. The roads are dead straight without a single bend in them, slightly corrugated in parts , occasional potholes, and no scenery either side , or behind or in front. The car has a way of speeding up without you noticing after awhile. 130kph doesn’t feel out of place on these dirt tracks. But you need to remain alert and not be lulled into a dreamlike coma of hour after hour of “Sameness”. Emus are okay , they are smart enough to generally run away from you, away from the road. Not so kangaroos, so unpredictable and 8 times out of 10 they jump across the road in front of you. Hitting them is not good for them or you, lose-lose situation. You see a plume of red dust billowing up on the horizon, it’s a rare thing, another car approaching the other way. It’s about 3km away but before you can count you are in the midst of a red dirt blanket with zero visibility so you just hold the course, you know the road is straight , you just hope there is no potholes , or kangaroos in that red blindness. Fine red dust somehow manages to get into everything in the car, despite all care you take. And all over you.
And I loved it! Every second. Nothing like being in the incredible vast emptiness of the outback for feeling how tiny us humans are.
Anyway , if you’ve bothered reading this far, this is a mob of emus on the road to Tibooburra NSW , a town of 95 people and 2 pubs. Great ratio , cheers 😉 🍻
Emu
I like emus, they don’t jump in front of your car. You are driving the second 300km stretch of dirt road for the day. Could be red bull dust or white, depending in the area. The roads are dead straight without a single bend in them, slightly corrugated in parts , occasional potholes, and no scenery either side , or behind or in front. The car has a way of speeding up without you noticing after awhile. 130kph doesn’t feel out of place on these dirt tracks. But you need to remain alert and not be lulled into a dreamlike coma of hour after hour of “Sameness”. Emus are okay , they are smart enough to generally run away from you, away from the road. Not so kangaroos, so unpredictable and 8 times out of 10 they jump across the road in front of you. Hitting them is not good for them or you, lose-lose situation. You see a plume of red dust billowing up on the horizon, it’s a rare thing, another car approaching the other way. It’s about 3km away but before you can count you are in the midst of a red dirt blanket with zero visibility so you just hold the course, you know the road is straight , you just hope there is no potholes , or kangaroos in that red blindness. Fine red dust somehow manages to get into everything in the car, despite all care you take. And all over you.
And I loved it! Every second. Nothing like being in the incredible vast emptiness of the outback for feeling how tiny us humans are.
Anyway , if you’ve bothered reading this far, this is a mob of emus on the road to Tibooburra NSW , a town of 95 people and 2 pubs. Great ratio , cheers 😉 🍻