One of the main activities in William Creek is airplane or helicopter flights over Lake Eyre. The helicopter piolets are good friends of ours...really they are like staff here too...and Mark took Tara and I for a flight a couple of days ago. Absolutely fantastic! We cruised at about 1,000 feet and got to see the majestic red desert for hundred of miles in all directions. About 15 minutes into our flight we saw blue stretch out on the horizon. Lake Eyre is quite the phenomonen. Water runoff from the north of Australia comes down (every 30 years or so ) and fills the lake, which is below sea level. This causes salt to rise up from the ground as well, making it a salt lake. Fish eggs that have laid dormant for years hatch and birds from the coast fly hundreds of miles to eat the fish. How do the birds know??? One of those mystical mysteries. So, we touched down on an area that used to be covered with water a few weeks ago (the water is receding feet upon feet by the day). Tara and I tasted the left over salt and took in the opportunity for a photo op. Don't worry we have video coverage of our adventure too. Mark even swung the helicopter like you would when rounding up cattle...ariel rollar coaster!
Otherwise, our days stretch on for lifetimes. We've been here for over two weeks but it feels like months and a blink of time all at once. I think we should have a reality tv show based on our time here. It's intense community between about 10 0f us plus the piolets down the way and all the crazy tourists. Vinci, Caroline, Tara, and I sometimes joke about where the camera men are hiding. The show would be some twist between Big Brother and Real World. All the intensity can cause quite the tense moments and exhaustion can always fray even the most laid back person. I try to laugh often. Sometimes Tara and I don't even get a chance to talk until bedtime (we share a bed =0) )...we're like a funny old couple sometimes. We're each other's sanity so often! When she's gone for a week, it will feel like I'm in purgatory...hahaha. Ok a little dramatic. I'm not looking forward to it that's for sure! The thing about our reality tv show here though, is that everyone is so loving and we care for each other. My massaging talent has been found out. Leon and Diane reckon I have healing power. =0)
Who will be kicked off the desert oasis next? Guess you'll have to tune in to find out....
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