I forgot to mention the new experience of hitting a "willy-willy" in a little car (when driving near Alice Springs)! I'd better explain quickly that a "willy-willy" is an Aboriginal word for a dust devil. According to wikipedia dust devils "form when hot air near the surface rises quickly through a small pocket of cooler low pressure air above it. If conditions are just right, the air may begin to rotate." They typically have winds that reach about 70km/hr. It certainly knocked our car to the side!
(Click on the panorama above for a larger view of the area around "The Dish")
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For heaven's sake keep away from tornadoes, though!
Another super panorama photo.
Talk to you soon, I hope!
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