Simpson Desert 3rd October
You could not belive this but two night ago we were victim of an heavy thunderstorm. That night we were awake by strong winds that blew up our mes tent and with showers that I tried only during the monsoon season in Nepal. Of course this is a problem for Carla that has a tent for
the desert and not for Nepal.
In anycase from the telephone call of last night all is in order except made for the sleepless night and
for the delay of departure the next morning to let dry the sleepingbag and matress. Of all the problems valued before departing for
the expedition we did not expect such a changeble weathr condition that from a point of view are
keeping the temperature low but from the other side are creating problems to the walking. The fact is that we are facing an extremely strange situation and this is confirmed also from Don. While we approach Birdsville (and today we moved the camp 90 k's ahead) the landscape seems to follow what C.T.Madigan described in his book
"Crossing the dead heart" (written 60 years ago). The first part with hard terrain and bore traces then the sandy -spinifex dotted part with 20m high dunes. Now we are camped ina a flat sandy plain with green acacias and spinifex but
greener than the ones we saw in the previous days. The strange thing we did not expect to find are some kangroo and camel that usualy live in less hard enviroment.
So long........and stay tunes.