Trip to Narran Lake

A work colleague, Kay and her friend Ollie took me to see Narran Lake last sunday. The road had been graded so a 4 wheel drive wasn't needed, but we had to circumnavigate some deep tracks from time to time

We were told it was 40km, but it ended up being 83kms. When we got to the entrance the gate was locked and we didn't have a key, so we decided to walk in. We had no idea how far it was so we put a time limit on it of 30 mins

There was plenty to see and hear along the way. We saw the tracks of a wild pig and could hear its grunts nearby so we had stratergies of what to do if it charged us. I didn't really like the idea of climbing up an ant infested tree!
There were lots of cacti growing and they were in fruit. Kay reassured Ollie and I that they were edible so we partook in feasting on them, only to have my tongue and roof of mouth covered in tiny prickles! They tasted like a sour tamarillo. I'm here to tell the tale so she was right.

When we got to the lake, some 30mins later we were dissappointed at the lack of water. But there were lots of kangaroos grazing in the distance, and the water as cool and nice for wading. But look at the colour! There were emu footprints in the sand. What a wonderful place it would be to take a swag and camp under the stars and watch the wildlife come down for water at night.

Kay had to work an afternoon shift so it was a quick trip back to Bre. The landscape changed quite dramatically on the way back. We drove another way to get on the bitumen earlier, which took us past cattle stations and wheat belts. Unfortunately for this tourist there was no time to stop for photos, so the memories will have to remain in my head...Somewhere!