Where Am I?

Clues are that the water is very salty (tastes and smells), Im standing on sand, and I can hear cows in the background. Usually this lake is bone dry, but because of some good rainfall its almost full at this stage.


Not sure if you will be able to read this map too well, but it may give you some idea of the kilometres we traveled one week a few weeks back. Started off in Emerald on Tuesday morning, then up to point B where we valued a very large property (79,000ha), staying overnight, then up to Point C, where the photos above were taken, then to Point E, which was Richmond, where we stayed Wednesday night. On Thursday, we made it to Mt Isa, where it was really cold and rainy, which I wasnt expecting 12 degrees in the middle of the day in Mt Isa of all places, so I kinda froze, but we were only there a few hours, before we hit the road again, and made it to Winton that night (Point G). Friday was heading home, but we had about 11 houses to value between Winton and Emerald, which was why we made the detour to Tambo (Point H) before getting back to Emerald late Friday night. It was a very long week, and including a day trip to a property south of Springsure which is located on the northern edge of the Carnarvons on Monday before we left.

A normal week isnt usually so busy, but we have done a lot of kilometres this last month.

Oh yeah, the lake is called Lake Buchanan, located high up on the Aramac Range in pretty much the middle of no where. It is a lake where a number of creeks drain into it, but there is no outlet, so when it dries up, all the salt is left and contaminates the waterso it is too salty to drink, even for cattle. Its very unusual to see it full, especially at this time of year.