Photographing the Big Desert

About the Big Desert

With a name like 'The Big Desert' - who could not try and have a look around. Surely that must be a fascinating place with Sahara like sand dunes, epic sand wastes . . . .?

Even the travel guides for this place say 'it is 13,500 hectares and is a playground for 4WD'. i.e. you can drive here, and you may get bogged. Having visited it, I can only agree. The old maps of Australia used to mark territory as 'useless' (for farming). I think that applies here. There may be some animals hiding in the sand or under the small shrubs, but we were looking for some vistas, or something of photographic interest. We only found sand roads, and small shrubs. There was a couple of campgrounds and sign boards, but frankly little else.

Viewpoints

After a few hours driving, we just photographed a section of road. That was basically all we saw until we reached the other side - the same road, albeit with very minor variations.

How I photographed the Big Desert

What I took - what was in my kit

I just took a snap with my phone. I didn't find anything worth unpacking the camera for. (Not really true, as I did photograph the two campsites we came across, but that was purely for record.)

Other things to look out for

Anything else. Walpeup on the northern edge. Patchewollock. Albacutya. Dimboola. Little Desert.

Location