Kenya 
Astro fix point at Ferguson’s Gulf
on the west bank

of Lake Rudolf (now Lake Turkana) –
September 1958

Photos of our Astro Fix point near Ferguson’s Gulf

Typical ‘camp’ for an astro fix point, just a tent fly-sheet spread between two vehicles.
Some of us slept on top of the Bedford RL 3-tonner with the stars for our canopy.
Bill in bush hat and with short-barelled bush rifle, used for protection and obtaining fresh meat
Sand dunes and dom palms close to Ferguson’s Gulf on Lake Rudolf

 

With thanks to  Trevor "Bill" Powell for this contribution
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