T 4 - TITANS - AN IBIS ?

 

I used to work as a Jilleroo on Killarney (cattle) Station,

in the North West of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Nextdoor was a well known and influential cattle station,

called Victoria River Downs (VRD) -

I was interested to have a look at the area through Google Maps –

And this is what I noticed -

The entrance to the Victoria River, which is a large river in the area, 

is in the top left of frame, above, and in the middle of it is an island.

 

The river then heads South East, inland, and comes to a point where it branches 

into two opposite tributaries.

 

Considering that the river is actually flowing from this point to the sea, it would be reasonable 

to assume that the darker area behind these two branches is a rocky outcrop or raised area of land.

I haven’t been there, so I don’t know for sure.

 

On the other side of this darker, maybe raised area, is a light coloured , maybe sandy, clay area, 

which could be flat and lower level.

 

The two branches of the river seem to be going around this raised area.

 

If the raised area wasn’t there, the river may have normally flowed in one stream from behind 

and then through it. Maybe it did previously, and then this raised area 

became an obstruction, the river altering its course to go around it, in the two streams as outlined.

 

On looking at the raised area more closely –

 

It looks like a bird, to me, with a long, thin body.

 

Looking a bit more closely –

 

That looks like the head of a bird to me, with the eye, and a long, thin beak.

A wing also, seems to be extended backwards from the shoulder.

 

So, what sort of bird would that be ?

 

The long, thin body is similar to that of a vulture or ibis –

 Vulture

Ibis

But, the vulture has a short beak, whereas the Ibis has a long beak.

 

So, I think that the raised area must be the remains of a huge Ibis that is lying on its side,

over the Victoria River.

 

 

What do you think ?

 

 

 

 

© Katherine Stuart 2024

Dochas Books Film

T 3 - TITANS - A TAIL ?

Looking to the North of the Eye,

and North East of the Brahman Bull,

there is the area to the West of the town of Alice Springs,

Northern Territory of Australia–

 

Alice Springs is right of frame, below -

Running along the top half of the frame above, are the MacDonnell Mountain Ranges, 

which are very picturesque –

MUSCLE AND BONE ?

 

On looking a bit closer at the lower half of the frame,

I was struck with its similarity to a longitudinal cut (cross-section) of bone and muscle.

It even reminds me of the human upper arm bone, with a biceps muscle –

 

A TAIL ?

 

But, looking at the top half of the first image, 

it looks like a tail with scaled appendages running along both sides -

Like that of a Stegosaurus dinosaur –

But also, the two look either part of the same thing and twisted back against each other, 

or two different things which are tangled up together. 

They are part of a greater area of shapes, which are indistinct to me.

 

 

What do you think ?

 

 

 

text © Katherine Stuart 2024 

Dochas Books Film