Brachina Gorge
Chasing Emus
Whilst driving around the Flinders Ranges we came across a fair few Emus roaming the roadside. This group seemed to be a family with three younger / smaller birds, which were keeping cool in a mud puddle and two larger birds, keeping an eye out. All the birds scattered as soon as they spotted the car.
A Moment with a Meerkat
This was my first time seeing a Meerkat up close and they are so much cuter than that one in the TV ad! One of our campsites had a pair of pretty tame Meerkats that roamed and dug around for food. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to capture any shots of the Meerkats in their standing pose as they were too fast!
Above the Namib Desert
When you first fly out of Swakopmund you are quickly met by the vast Namib Desert, ranging from barren and dried up river beds to the towering sand dunes. 
You don’t realise how tall and wide the sand dunes are until you fly over them.
It doesn’t rain very often in the Namib Desert but travel during the wet season and you may see it rain.
The older sand dunes are more red in colour with the younger sand dunes more yellow.
Dark patches of sand among the dunes are the heavy mineral sands.
The Namibian Coast
Whilst in Swakopmund I had the opportunity to take a 2 hour scenic flight over the Namib Desert and coastline. Watching some of the worlds most spectacular sand dunes fall away into the Atlantic Ocean is something I will never forget.
The coast was scattered with Fur Seal colonies.
This ship was originally wrecked on the beach but the desert has expanded towards the ocean leaving this ship 500 metres inland.
As we flew over Walvis Bay, flamingoes could be seen feeding in the shallow waters.
The southern sector of Walvis Bay is home to large salt refineries that are slightly pink in colour due to algae.
Patterns of Nature 
