Today we travelled from Marla to Mintabie for an early start and our first taste of a bush track. Mintabie was fairly tame and quiet. On the way back to Marla we came across a truck load of camels at the fuel stop. This photo is for my son Kieran – I will try and get some photos of them in the wild which we hope to see as we head further inland. The driver of the truck informed us that the camels were for consumption and not transport. The dirt track out to Indulkana was in fairly good condition but the number abandoned and burned out cars along the track was increasing. We finished work at Indulkana and stopped for a quick lunch 
in the middle of nowhere and then headed further inland to Mimili. The track was now a bit more rugged and the number of wrecks was around 50+. We got stopped by a couple of bush cops inquiring as to our business on APY lands. (They assumed we where lost tourists)- Our permits are being processed at the moment so they let us on our way. We arrived at Mimili late afternoon and got permission from the school to set up camp on the back porch of one the school buildings. Beautiful views of the local terrain with lots of ochre dirt and unusual rock out crops. There seems to be an amazing number of dogs in the communities and this evening George has managed to befriend about 8 of the little mutts. They look fairly under nourished so we shared some of our dinner with them. Seems this was not quite enough 
for them though and they managed to sneak in and ravage our fruit cake. Ah well, no dessert tonight. Its about 9.45pm and the locals seem to be having a get together across the way. The sound of the Pitjanjatjara tongue can be heard echoing intermittently all around. Not sure what tongue George is snoring in but I’m sure it will keep the dogs at bay. Finishing u the work here in the morning and then heading out to Fregon and Ernabella.
in the middle of nowhere and then headed further inland to Mimili. The track was now a bit more rugged and the number of wrecks was around 50+. We got stopped by a couple of bush cops inquiring as to our business on APY lands. (They assumed we where lost tourists)- Our permits are being processed at the moment so they let us on our way. We arrived at Mimili late afternoon and got permission from the school to set up camp on the back porch of one the school buildings. Beautiful views of the local terrain with lots of ochre dirt and unusual rock out crops. There seems to be an amazing number of dogs in the communities and this evening George has managed to befriend about 8 of the little mutts. They look fairly under nourished so we shared some of our dinner with them. Seems this was not quite enough 
for them though and they managed to sneak in and ravage our fruit cake. Ah well, no dessert tonight. Its about 9.45pm and the locals seem to be having a get together across the way. The sound of the Pitjanjatjara tongue can be heard echoing intermittently all around. Not sure what tongue George is snoring in but I’m sure it will keep the dogs at bay. Finishing u the work here in the morning and then heading out to Fregon and Ernabella.
Ahh, the poor camels. Not nice to be someone's dinner. But I'm guessing cows feel much the same.
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