Monday 26th March
On Saturday I started the first part of my 14 day tour. This was to visit Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks which are within 200 miles of Darwin. Jouneys were longer as a key bridge has been swept away due to exceptionally heavy rains .
Our first stop was a little snake charming follwoed by the Jumping crocodile Cruise. This compises of going on the river in a boat with pieces of meat hanging over the edge and letting the crocodiles leap out of the water. A good jump is measured by if their back legs come out of the water. Teasing crocodiles may not be the most sensible thing to do especially when they start crawling up onto the deck. If you ever get tosee the video clips I took you' see the camera moving back quickly. I don't really want to be that close again to the gaping jaws again.
Later I was hanging out with a star of Crocodile Dundee in a bar. To be precise, this was Charlie the water buffalo (yes, you remember him don't you?) who was stuffed a few years ago, after a long happy retirement from show business in the field behind the bar as a local celebrity.
The first night camping in Jabiru (home of uranium mining) was a bit damp, but still hot, due to day of rain. In fact the campsite was covered in streams which made going to the bathroom a paddle.
Next day after a short rain shower we had long day hot sunshine and we made a few short hikes to beautiful rock pools with cascading water falls for cooling swims.
Later we visited some Aboriginal rock art sites and saw some wonderful scenery of rocky out crops and across tropical forest.
In the evening I had a chat in the camp site bar with a London cab driver. It must have been a huge fare for whoever he dropped off!
Today we moved to Litchfield National Park to see more torrenting waterfalls and then for a change to look at giant termite mounds ( travel to broaden the mind). Now back to Darwin, before moving on again 5.30am tomorrow.
On Saturday I started the first part of my 14 day tour. This was to visit Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks which are within 200 miles of Darwin. Jouneys were longer as a key bridge has been swept away due to exceptionally heavy rains .
Our first stop was a little snake charming follwoed by the Jumping crocodile Cruise. This compises of going on the river in a boat with pieces of meat hanging over the edge and letting the crocodiles leap out of the water. A good jump is measured by if their back legs come out of the water. Teasing crocodiles may not be the most sensible thing to do especially when they start crawling up onto the deck. If you ever get tosee the video clips I took you' see the camera moving back quickly. I don't really want to be that close again to the gaping jaws again.
Later I was hanging out with a star of Crocodile Dundee in a bar. To be precise, this was Charlie the water buffalo (yes, you remember him don't you?) who was stuffed a few years ago, after a long happy retirement from show business in the field behind the bar as a local celebrity.
The first night camping in Jabiru (home of uranium mining) was a bit damp, but still hot, due to day of rain. In fact the campsite was covered in streams which made going to the bathroom a paddle.
Next day after a short rain shower we had long day hot sunshine and we made a few short hikes to beautiful rock pools with cascading water falls for cooling swims.
Later we visited some Aboriginal rock art sites and saw some wonderful scenery of rocky out crops and across tropical forest.In the evening I had a chat in the camp site bar with a London cab driver. It must have been a huge fare for whoever he dropped off!
Today we moved to Litchfield National Park to see more torrenting waterfalls and then for a change to look at giant termite mounds ( travel to broaden the mind). Now back to Darwin, before moving on again 5.30am tomorrow.
1 comment:
sounds good dad - keep the blog coming. Crocodiles seem like fun. (as activities often are when you remove the health and safety limits)
Clocks went back here this weekend and first day of evening sun in Oxford today.
Tom
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