Woomera to Adelaide, 12-5-07

The Woomera Immigrant Detention Center (for Rapier?) was closed after a short time after some riots, protests, and escapes.

Woomera Observatory

Woomera Observatory

Downtown Woomera - Merry Christmas!

Netball goal -- girls' basketball

Missile Park

This is at the nose of the HAD rocket.

I think I could build one of these.

The first Australian Satellite.

Remains of the first stage

Remains of the first stage

Remains of the first stage

About the town. There used to be a few thousand people living in Woomera. Now there are about 380. But the housing, etc. is still maintained. It's a pretty nice place. It's administered by the Ministry of Defence.

Rocket control, 1960's.

Fossils

That is a nice vacuum tube.

Someone lost a U-Joint on the side of the road.

Electric tower

Tree

Water in the desert.

These duck have big bills.

Black swans and white birds (cockatoos?)

Black swans

Ducks

Ducks and a swan

A bird.

Two birds

Four birds. Galahs, I think.

Four birds. Gallahs, I think.

Corella

Corella

How many types of birds are in this picture?

Long legged water birds.

The dark rocks are welded to the light rocks.

Roxby Downs. The houses are new, and no houses are available. the Olympia Dam mine has made the town (6,500 people) a boomtown.

The mine.

The mine.

That round rock to the left of my foot looks almost like glass.

A cave.

With bones.

Rental car agreement may have said something about paved roads, but I don't remember.

Diamonds!

Wheat! Civilization! I made it from the north ocean to the south ocean.

Black-Shouldered Kite