Rain in the Arid Region, Roxby Downs, South Australia

Clay pan between parallel sand dunes in the arid region.

The photo shows just how dry and inhospitable the outback, wilderness, arid region of South Australia can be. This is six inch rainfall country.

My son, with his little family, lives in a mining town, Roxby Downs, an oasis in the desert. They are a family of three: Dad, Mum and a little girl named Mina. Mina, child of the desert, I call her.

While talking on the phone to my son, it was raining. Mum took Mina outside to play in the rain. I could hear her squealing and chattering away as she frolicked in the trickles from the corrugated iron roof and ran about in the rain, on the tiny piece of lawn, under the shade cloth awning. She was soaked, and loving it.

It was nearly dark at the time but still quite warm. During the day the temperature had been 40 deg. C or about 104 deg. F. Is it any wonder the rain is so welcome?

Rain in the Arid Region, Roxby Downs, South Australia on Wilderness Travel