I Captured Death And Life In The Australian Outback [Warning: Graphic Content]
I recently traveled just north of Coober Pedy in central Australia with my partner, who manages one of the indigenous properties up there. The region has suffered from years of extreme drought and the poor animals are suffering to the point of death. Amazingly the week before we arrived the area had some rainfall and some of the dams finally have water. At the same time, it was incredibly sad to see that if some of these animals had just held on for a few more days they would have had water and been able to survive.
1km into the property and signs of the drought were apparent already
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Camels that are meant to be able to live for months without water have been dying and struggling to survive
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What a sight to behold
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Drought is not the only cause of death out here – it is a harsh life, this poor fellow got his legs entangled in a fence he was trying to jump
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One tree had a young camel and 4 kangaroo’s that had decided to lie down and use it as shelter – they never got up again
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More relief
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This young wild horse couldn’t survive
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Cattle on the property with no food or water- sadly the dam just behind the sand hill is now full
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We only saw about 10 camels on this trip – 30 had died the previous week due to a dried up bore
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The obligatory station cattle dog – he wasn’t much of a guard dog but he sure was happy to see us
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Early morning start to catch the sunrise over the Breakaways
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Life will prevail
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Blessed rain
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If you zoom in you can see the scratch marks from the dingoes claws digging down to try and find water
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So sad. Puppy, if you had only held on for a few more days
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Animal tracks into the center of a dried-up dam to try and find water
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It is absolutely devastating and not looking any better in the future. South Australia is the driest state in the driest inhabited continent in the world. I live in suburban Adelaide so it isn't too bad but in the outback it is just so dry. Approximately 40% of Australia is uninhabitable due to lack of water and other resources.
This is so heartbreaking. I know there was like more than 30 bush fires in Australia and I've seen posts on BP of people saving Koalas. Does anyone know whether or not the bush fires are out?
It is absolutely devastating and not looking any better in the future. South Australia is the driest state in the driest inhabited continent in the world. I live in suburban Adelaide so it isn't too bad but in the outback it is just so dry. Approximately 40% of Australia is uninhabitable due to lack of water and other resources.
This is so heartbreaking. I know there was like more than 30 bush fires in Australia and I've seen posts on BP of people saving Koalas. Does anyone know whether or not the bush fires are out?
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