After a visit to a lookout at the edge of the Bungle bungles it was into them properly, these strange giant beehives. Unique, weirdly- beautiful and distinctly other-worldly rock formations. One of the group had heard about the acoustics in Cathedral Gorge so taught us songs to sing as a harmony. After considerable practice and pain to him we were good enough for a passing couple to ask if we were a travelling choir!
The highlight of the day was a helicopter flight over the Bungle bungles. It's always good fun of course in a helicopter- especially this one with no doors- and a fantastic way to appreciate the scale of the National park and the gorges (some 300m deep) and bizarre beehive rocks. It also added to the impression that at some point we'd left Earth and found ourselves scouting out another planet.
It was back onto the bumpy road of doom- the bumps broken by Rob suddenly stopping, jumping out and as we watched in astonishment start to play with a snake. Actually it was a rather irritated but non-venomous python he was trying to move off the road without getting bitten. But all we knew was it was an Australian snake which makes it, probability wise, likely to kill you and we were in something of a frenzy watching, as it tried to bite him, wondering why he'd suddenly become suicidal and also trying to remember if we knew how to work the satellite phone!
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