The Barrier Highway heading west flanked on either side by a flush of wild flowers.
(late September) The Barrier Highway heads across the Western Plains to Broken Hill and the deserts of South Australia. With the Warrumbunbles shrinking out of sight in the rear view mirror the landscape opened out with the road disappearing to a point on the horizon, the landscape becoming dryer and dryer the further westwards.
Wild flowers along the road side.
The Dry grassland to the far west of New South Wales.
A tough little plant withstanding the head of the baked red earth.
One of few plants in flower, the flowers tough and waxy to the touch, presumably to guard against water loss. Sorry I don't have the resources to find out the names of the plants at present, but a bit of googleing should throw up some info if you really need to know.
The smart and tidy Post Office building in the tiny town of Wilcannia half way along the Barrier Highway. This is the only smart building in the otherwise dilapidated and dying ex-mining town now left by the way side.
A few of the empty dilapidated buildings along the high street.
A curious looking lizard asking for trouble basking in the middle of the road.
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