A large slice of the town plus and an area the size of Victoria is owned by the one family who run cattle for export.The impact of these cattle holdings can be seen in the landscape on the way in to Birdsville. The red soil patchworked by green pastures and lagoons comes as a realContinue reading “Big Red”
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Birdsville
There was a bypass around Betoota, but seriously, who could pass up the opportunity to visit a town where the official population is zero. You may or may not of heard of The Betoota Advocate (https://www.betootaadvocate.com/), a satirical on-line newspaper. Apparently they wanted the name from the smallest town in Australia, and they weren’t wrong.Continue reading “Birdsville”