Corroboree
“They would carry on northwards across the ‘thigh’ of the peninsula until they reached the head of the next inlet, the Spencer Gulf; and it was here at Kurdnatta that the Indian Ocean thrust its deepest into the underbelly of the Australian continent. Beyond, to the north, lay nothing but The Ghastly Blank’. Unexplored, unmapped territory, into which only the bravest and foolhardiest of doggers and prospectors had ever penetrated. Those who had seen it and survived had brought back stories of mo...untains like the moon and deserts that never ended, of mysterious glittering lakes that could never be reached, of dragons and monsters and extraordinary insects, and green fields that could appear and disappear overnight. It was at the same time the most alluring and the most frightening land on earth: and that night, as they camped amongst the mallee scrub, their lonely fire flickering in answer to the stars, Eyre felt the stirrings of its ancient and sun-wrinkled soul.
Joolonga sat and chewed tobacco, while Midgegooroo unloaded the horses and watered them, and Weeit squatted by the fire and cooked them up a potful of pork and brown beans.MoreLess
Joolonga sat and chewed tobacco, while Midgegooroo unloaded the horses and watered them, and Weeit squatted by the fire and cooked them up a potful of pork and brown beans.MoreLess
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