Diana Australis' photos with the keyword: billabong

Kakadu UNESCO biosphere, Northern Australia. A Nankeen night heron having his breakfast. I have been remote with no internet, have a little just now. Sending hugs and best wishes to all. Missing you! Stay well and safe

Muloorina cattle station. It is hundreds of kilometres from a town. There has been no rain for 3 years. This waterhole is the only water for a vast distance, surrounded by red, dry, dusty desert and salt lakes. It is harsh and unforgiving territory. It is the result of an uncapped bore from the underground Great Artesian Basin. The water emerges from the ground almost at boiling point.

Victoria, Australia. On black please.

Inland Desert Australia. A billabong is a waterhole.

Built in 1885 it is the world's longest fence 5,614 km. It runs across the vast Australian deserts and is a pest exclusion measure to keep wild dogs (dingos) out of South Eastern Australia.

In remote inland South Australia Afghan camel drivers were brought in the 1880s to deliver goods to outlying desert areas using camel trains. This was their mosque.

Tom Kruse (1914-2011) was a legend of remote desert Australia. He was the "Outback Mailman' and used this truck to deliver mail, supplies, fuel and medicines across thousands of kilometers of roadless desert to isolated communities.

Abandoned town, overcome by desert.