Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Day 18.12

Evidently they were serious about the biosphere combining the commercial and natural resources. On a small rise just to the left of us, a sprawling construction is in progress. "Nickel mine site" we are told by a sign some way down the road. We are a little surprised to see a mine this size out here in the pristine landscape.

sprawling nickel mine

First came the ‘ferral bees’, now ‘mallee fowl? Some bright spark has gone and transformed this meek creature, adding fins or plates, into a marvel of paleontology.


‘mallee fowl’ or a marvel of paleontology?
'something fowl'

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