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Trip around the world in 63 days, 2003
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We visit the Mac Kenzie Falls. They have always water. We climb down and enjoy the cool air generated by the waterfall. We drive further to the north, and plan to spend the night at the lake of Natimuk. Interesting, there is no lake as it vanished many years ago. Probably it will be a lake again when the drought ends.
The “lake camping was empty and we met a group schoolchildren, busy with a rock climbing course on the nearby Mount Arapilis. The teacher, Nuccia Turley helped us out and invited us to see the rock climbing and so we did the next day. But first we visited the “lake”.
In Australia there are areas that are green and slowly are drying out until they are almost desert. The cycle is twenty years, then it’s lush green again. We did not hear an explanation for this strange phenomena.
We enjoyed the dry lakebed on our daily 40 minutes run, but this time it took longer. We could study the pioneer vegetation which develops in this dry lake. Very interesting.