Outback - our last Good Bye

Hallo,

while you were shoveling the snow from your front porch and hurriedly bought the last christmas presents we have been driving through the sandy, dusty, hot (41 degree C), sunny and strange Outback again. We rented a small car and rushed away from the crowded east coast and Sydney to 'get lost' in the wastness of the Outback again.
We visited strange towns and stranger places:
slept in the underground to avoid the heat in White Cliffs: Opal Mining Town; listened to Christmal music in Broken Hill; hunted any available shadow in Silverton (Ghost Town, where the movie "Mad Max" has been filmed); shipped on the Murray River in Echuca; unfortunately the "Bushranger Hall of Fame was burned down to the grounds 12 month ago ;-); lookd at the skeleton of a Thyrannosaurus rex; walked between impressive sand formations in Mungo National parc; marveled at a Giant Dish facing the Universe....and no to forget the flies again ! ;-)

Again it was an amazing experience to drive for hours on end through nothingness:
"Impressive! Great!" as well as "I never ever could live here!" crossed our thoughts all the time simultaneously :-).

AND!!! Believe it or not: In the middle of nowhere in 'Broken Hill' we found Santa!!!
Dressed up at 41 degrees sunshine :-0!
But I was not allowed to sit on his lap for the obligatory picture... :-(
Take a look at our XMAS-Special on the right. :-) :-)

We have uploaded a few pictures again.
Our last 'Goodbye' and tribute to the Australian Outback!

We wish you all a good time!!
Renate & Mirko