TUESDAY 13 JULY     GEMTREE

A camp based day. I read and sewed. John played on his computer.

John emptied our spare 25 litre diesel jerry can into the fuel tank.

We did the Nature Walk again, at a leisurely pace, and looked at some of the golf course they have here, for guests. There has been quite an effort made with that.

Saw more of the interesting mulga ant nests. They use the fallen debris from mulga trees to make the outer lining of the levee bank around the nest entrance, so the ground around the nest has been fairly effectively cleared by their scavenging. We have not seen any actual ants but assume they are a fair size, like about bull ant size.

Tea was soup and fried rice.

The fuel pump was still broken. The managers said they would give us 20 litres from their generator’s tank if we need it to get to Alice on Friday – so that frees us to do something further afield tomorrow. Yet again, staying longer than the norm, and being genuinely interested in exploring the place, has paid dividends.