My info on Dutton came from John Wilkinson, the pastoralist from Kooteberra station which contains Dutton’s Bluff.

John was keen for me to see Dutton’s Bluff, but alas, like so many places in the vast outback, time just didn’t permit.

I’ve camped in that hut twice and each time it’s rained. Sure have been grateful for it’s shelter, even if not the best hut I’ve ever camped in.

The second time, my grandson Nicky was with me. He’s here right now for the school holidays so we’ve been reminiscing about our great outback adventure.

Thanks for responding. In the middle of next year it will be our summer and my husband and I will be camping in our “outback”. Maybe by then I will have my own blog and you can see some of British Columbia. I’m really looking forward to hearing (and seeing) about your next adventure.

Thanks, again.
Victoria

Hoping to get back to that country about the middle of next year. The weather can be very pleasant around early and late winter. Not too cold for camping and avoids the extreme heat of summer. It’s a short winter and a long, hot, dry summer. Well, it’s nearly always dry. Six inch rainfall.

Regards,
Laurie.

Yours is the first blog I’ve ever read. How perfect that I chose you. I love your commentary and your pictures are fabulous. This is a really nice way for someone to learn a bit about your country. I’m looking forward to the next instalment. Happy camping.

Thanks,
Victoria (from BC Canada)

I’ll get to the wool shed in the next day or two. The stories take a while to write.

In the mean time I’ll e-mail you a photo that you can print or use as a desktop image.

Regards,
Laurie.

Pleased I invoked some feeling in you. As you can see, I really enjoy camping.

Actually, the photos you are seeing are from my spare camera that I took just in case of a mishap with the SLR. I used the Olympus point and shoot for the photo story type images.

I’m really enjoying working through the stored images from the XD cards and DVDs. Writing up the stories brings it all back to the fore of my memory. Fortunately, the chronological order of the images is a great wordless diary to prompt me.

In a few days I hope to get to the shearing on South Gap station. Ooh, the shearing shed was a busy place! Several women in the team, holding there own with the blokes.

Thanks for dropping by and for the comments.

Regards,
Laurie.