Birdsville

The next leg of the flight took us to Birdsville. This flight crossed from the Cooper Creek catchment to the Warburton River catchment and we could see much more greenery as the flood had already subsided.

Birdsville is a much bigger town than I realised. It has a bakery (lunch), an Information place, big primary school (for 4 students!), a hospital, the pub of course, a post office and more.

There are some cairns to commemorate some important events. One was for the first European to cross the Simpson desert from west to east. His name was Ted Colson, and he is my Great Uncle! He crossed the desert in 1936 with a few camels and an indigenous companion.

After lunch at the bakery, we had a look in the information place and walked down to the river where we saw about 9 Whistling Kites flying above us and one pelican in the water. Some others suggested the bridge for birds watching.Read more