Billiburning Rock

Great name. Sweet spot.
Big granite boulder, 1/2 kilometre across and 60m high, surrounded by natural mulga scrub, ringed all around with massive paddocks of broad acre farming.
A scramble to the top of the rock this morning, the plains blanketed in fog under a clear sunny sky. Warming morning and a light breeze the fog retreating in channels to reveal the paddocks. First up - ruler straight tramlines emerging. The brown of fallow fields. One field so green it looks like water.
Wildflowers everywhere. Not yet prolific, but the variety is amazing. Inadequate camera for the job, so have a scroll through this web site.

https://westernaustraliaexpert.com/western-aust…

Yes birds are pretty too: Splendid and Variegated Wrens, variety of Warblers, Ringnecks, Red Tail Black Cockatoos (big flocks) Nankeen Kestrals, Willy Wagtails and other Fantails. Then the big-hitters arrive. Three slow moving, low flying Wedgetailed Eagles. Early sun on the rock creating updrafts so we see some soaring at close range. Fantastic.

And! I picked the winer of Stage 15 at Le Tour before the stage roll-out. 🚲Read more