On the recent visit to the Northern Territory, The Doc visited the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens. The Botanic Gardens have a large selection of boababs trees from Madagascar. Here is selection of 4 species.
Madagascan boababs
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Cunnamulla, Eulo, Thargomindah – Outback Queensland
After leaving Stanthorpe, The Doc travelled along the Stanthorpe-Texas Road. Then through Texas and heading northward to Inglewood (along the Inglewood-Texas Road), which was a great drive early in the morning. Time to visit the local bakery and get some warm bacon and cheese topped rolls, which was the food for the day (nice rolls they were). The last roll later in the day was warmed up in the Travel Buddy Oven.
The Doc drove all day and stayed overnight at Cunnamulla. It was a long day’s driving. On the way The Doc fueled at a Roadhouse outside Goondawindi. From memory, it was time for a Magnum ice cream.
Leaving Cunnamulla early the next morning The Doc travelled west out of Cunnamulla via Eulo (Eu-lo) and Thargomindah (Thar-go-min-dah) along the Bulloo Developmental Road. Here is an interactive map of the trip from Ballina to Eromanga.
Eulo is a place where many of the Australian Megafauna, like the Diprotodon, are found.
Previously The Doc had always travelled north out of Cunnamulla along the Mitchell Highway, but a change was in order.
The Doc visited Noccundra and then turned northwards onto the Cooper Developmental Road and up into Eromanga the back way.
The traffic was light all the way. It turns out had The Doc gone the normal way (Cunnamulla, Charleville, Quilpie and then Eromanga) he would have run into many cars heading to the Big Red Bash at Birdsville.
On a back road, The Doc came across a little oasis in the in the middle of nowhere in this semi arid landscape. Enjoy.
Eromanga trip – Eremophila longifolia
The tree was located on the corner of the Quilpie to Eulo Rod and the Toompine to Eulo Road. Which is just south of the tiny township of Toompine. The tree has lots of common names including Dogwood, Ngawil, Weeping Emubush, Berrigan, Long-Leaved Eremophila, Native Plum, Emu Bush, Long Leaf Emu Bush, Native Plum Tree, Emu Apple, Emubush, Berrigan Emubush, Juniper Tree, Native Plum-Tree!
Eromanga trip – Nicotiana megalosiphon
Common name wild tobacco. It only grows in shaded areas, which are not that common out Eromanga way. At one sand dune The Doc saw the plant growing around some trees – but only where the bloodwood tree provided shade for much of the day. These images were from a shaded area behind the Eromanga Natural History Museum.
Eromanga trip – Acacia tetragonophylla
Also known as Prickly Wattle. Images from two locations, first Peglers Pond about 7km east of Eromanga; second some dams west of Eromanga, beside the Cooper Developmental Road. Click on image to see full size.
Melaleuca squarrosa flowers
Melaleuca squarrosa also known as the Bottlebrush Tea-Tree, Scented Paperbark, Bottle-Brush Tea-Tree and Harsh-Leaved Melaleuca.
Melaleuca thymifolia
Melaleuca thymifolia is commonly known as Thyme Honeymyrtle.
Anigozanthos ‘Red Cross’
Kangaroo Paw, known as Red Cross, taken at Sylvan Grove Native Gardens, Picnic Point. Slowly getting better, it is a long haul.
The Swamp Bottlebrush
Another unusual flower from South West WA, the Swamp Bottlebrush or Beaufortia sparsa. Bright orange flower. Click on image to see the full size.
Grevillea “Goldfever”
Another Grevillea cultivar commonly used in gardens, called Grevillea Goldfever.
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