Curiosity Over Fear
It’s the middle of the night and it’s eerily quiet. It takes me a few seconds to realize that I’m awake because I have to empty my bladder and that it’s quiet because I’m in the middle of the desolate Outback of Australia! Our guide told us yesterday that we’re in an area so sparsely populated that there are only seven cattle stations (ranches) in the 300 square miles we traversed all day. Stopping for firewood, we saw evidence of Aboriginal people living out here, but none w
