Shark Bay to Carnarvon

A couple of random shots...

Peron Station: windmill, iconic symbol of Australian stations and outback wheatbelt farms

This one with the nest of a Little Crow

The old no-longer-used shearing shed at Peron Station

My sister and I were fascinated by a peculiar piece of mechanical machinery in the shed that had no label. Unfortunately I failed to take a photo, but it looked like a steampunk infernal machine. The best explanation we could devise (and remember we are the daughters of a sheep farmer!) was that it was a device to crutch sheep -- that is, a circular wheel on which sheep could be hoisted, then cradled on their backs so shearers can remove the wool around their bottoms. Sort of assembly line in reverse--remove covering rather than add it. All part of preventing a horrible fly-blown death for sheep--i.e. to be eaten alive by maggots. (Townies from PETA, of course, would prefer this horrible death to the practice of tail-docking, which is another essential method to prevent maggot infection. Easy to see that PETA folk don't have a sheep-farming background...or good imaginations...)

Shark Bay mangroves -- clear water, so unlike Malaysian mangroves!

Gascoyne Crossing-- birdlife, it always finds the waterholes

Hard to think that this bridge can and does disappear under flood waters

And emus everywhere...