trick here is to look for any 'rocks' that start to move, then, move quicker

this one i reckon was only about 3M, the track headed from the wetland to the beach, apparently they cross only at night at high tide.

caiman creek, beautiful spots up there, but, NO SWIMMING!!!!

ENTRY EXIT FROM CAIMAN CREEK

SMITHS POINT, MOST NORTHERLY PART OF NT, SECOND MOST NORTHERLY POINT OF MAINLAND

BEACH AT SMITHS POINT

OOOPS, NOW GOT RID OF CABLE TIES AND DONE PROPER REPAIR, COUPLE OF RIVETS! BLOODY BRANCH DROPPED OUT OF TREE ON SIDE OF THE ROAD, BOUNCED OFF BOTH PAX SIDE DOORS AND BROKE ONE OF THE MOUNTS ON THE PLASTIC MOULDING ON STEP

SUNSET SMITHS POINT

I'LL DRINK TO THAT!

WHERE WE DIDNT STOP IN ARNHEM LAND FOR LUNCH.........

......WAUK LAGOON, MURGENELLA

ROCK FORMATION JUST NORTH OF THE CROSSING, WE DIDNT STOP  HERE EITHER.

LOOKING NORTH INTO ARNHEM LAND, THIS ONE I TOOK IN WING MIRROR AT 80KPH, NOT BAD EH?

ON THE BUBBA WETLANDS WALK

LITTLE BROWN DUCKS

THIS IS SOOOO FLAT, AND FLOOD DEBRIS WAS HANGING OVER 2m OFF THE GROUND IN THE TREES!!!

THESE MONGRELS, COULDNT GET THEM WITH BOTH THEIR HEADS OUT OF THE WATER

THIS BLOKE WAS MORE COOPERATIVE, WAITED TILL I GOT IN RANGE, TOOK THE PHOTO AND THEN HE FLEW OFF

LILLY POND IN THE WETLAND

REALLY NOW, THESE BLOKES HAVE SEEN CROC DUNDEE TOO MANY TIMES, "AVOID ANY CONTACT" WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT???

and FINALLY, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT AND GOT THE $230 STICKER!!!!

KAKADU AND ARNHEM LAND

CAMPSITE AT MERL CAMPGROUND, KAKADU, BLOODY MOZZIES WERE SHOCKING HERE!!

SUN SETTING THRU TREES BEHIND OUR CAMPSITE, WE LEFT THE VAN HERE WHILE WE TENTED IT UP ON THE COBRUG PENINSULAR.

WE MADE IT, ITS ABOUT 300Ks FROM JABIRU, LAST 150 IS FAIRLY ORDINARY, BUT IF YOU TAKE YOUR TIME ITS PASSABLE.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE!

ALL SET UP, THEY HAVE SHADE CLOTH UP AT EACH SITE, WE WERE ONLY ONES HERE FIRST NIGHT.

BEACH ACROSS ROAD FROM CAMP SITE

these were built to combat the jap air raids, in normal government fashion they were completed just in time for the end of the war.

note the capacity, that is 38475 mill lts HUGE!!!!

THERE ARE TWO OF THE TUNNELS OPEN NOW, OTHER ONE IS MUCH SMALLER , ONLY 17XXX MILL LTS. THEY WERE ACTUALLY USED IN THE EARLY FIFTIES, TO STORE  AIRCRAFT FUEL(KEROSENE) FOR A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR.

DARWIN WAVE POOL

DARWIN CALM POOL, THEY RUN THE WAVES FOR 20MINS THEN STOP FOR 10MINS, FROM MEMORY IT COSTS $5 FOR A HALF DAY.

Darwin festival was on all over town, hence the artist sign, there was a amphitheatre type thing set up in one corner of gardens.

WATERFALL IN THE GARDENS

THE WESLEY CHURCH, THIS IS ONE OF THE BUILDINGS IN DARWIN THAT SURVIVED TRACY, IT WAS DONATED BY PARISHONERS IN S.A.(?) AND SHIPPED AND ASSEMBLED IN DARWIN. IT NOW STANDS IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS AFTER BEING MOVED FROM THE CBD.

Casuarine beach, not sure about the wheel tracks, dont think there is vehicle access?

FISHOS ARE BLOODY MAD!!!

these were taken at cahills crossing in Kakadu, this is where we crossed the east alligator river into Arnhem Land. Afternoon before these were taken, the tide was much higher and there were about 4 or 5 fishos  in knee deep water, fishing around the middle of the crossing, must surely help if you want to be a fisherman if you are more than slightly unhinged!!!!!

Note the relative positions of the croc, the depth marker and the fisherman, the croc had been just sitting there when...........

the fisho has caught an undersize fish, when he turned his back to unhook the and release the fish.............

the croc took off, after us mob on the lookout yelled out, the fisho looked back and headed to higher ground.......

now note where the croc settled in relation to where the fisho was first standing....... oh, by the way, i aint a fisherman, this pic was taken with almost maximum zoom!! we picked up the paper this morning and couple of 24 year old locals went swimming at mary river NP yesty arvo, NPWS and water police are back out on the river today trying locate the body of the one the croc took!!!!

large statues at aileron roadhouse, north of alice

still in darwin, waiting to get ute and van serviced then its off to Kakadu and Coburg Peninsular, cant wait!

campsite devils marbles, northbound, started to warm up from here.

other side of rocks with sun on them

Chilli's place opp daly walters pub.

another memory from the gulf trip in 2008

happy hour adelaide river showgrounds

kangaroo falls berry springs, our afternoon swimming spot.

fish in the springs, these things when you see them head on have a snout like a sharks

liberator crash site west of darwin.

wagait beach, west of darwin

darwin from mandorah jetty, its about 15min ferry trip across, its a bit smokey as there a heaps of bush/grass fires going around darwin!

the mooring for the submarine net from the second world war, only visable at low tide, hour later the blocks you can see sitting out in the water were covered as the tide came back in.

been there a while

royal aust. taxi ararat returning to depot

cliffs on the beach at mandorah

the caped cwoosader, heaps of these ducks in the campground.

florance falls litchfield NP

lunch be the creek

not any more, we found it, litchfield NP

lost city litchfield

black cockatoos in campground, they have a large splash of red underneath but they just sat there till i put camera away, then, they took off.

green ants at campground, guess they ripen up later in the year???