Public service announcement: Under no circumstances would I, or should you, swim in water in which there is a tiniest chance of salt water crocodiles being there. Why? Because they are ruthless killers and kill […]

Darwin Preparing Prado and trailer for storage in Darwin for the next 8-9 months before I return for the “next leg”; stayed tuned listeners (readers?). Gone fishing near Darwin Military exercises above Darwin, and the […]

Darwin Took camper trailer to be serviced and to have various problems fixed. Then, with Graham, visted the centre of Darwin for lunch, walked to the pleasant waterfront area, then a final relax in the […]

Jabiru-Darwin (245km) Left Jabiru and Kakadu and travelled onwards to Darwin, the final destination for this first leg of my planned trip around Australia.  Visited the “Window on the Wetlands” visitor centre, which had very […]

Nourlangie (Burrungkuy) – Cahill’s Crossing Visited this extraordinary place containing some truly wonderful Aboriginal art, which I will feature in a separate post.  Then, headed north the Cahill’s Crossing, which is on the border with […]

Cooinda – Jabiru Liked the Yellow Waters cruise so much, I went back for the morning cruise, and was rewarded with photos of (more) crocodiles, buffalo and egrets, an albino buffalo, brolgas, azure kingfisher, night […]

Cooinda Did two “Yellow Waters” cruises, one early in the morning (7-9) and one in the evening.  Fabulous experience with extremely knowledgeable guides telling us about the birds and animals, and about the life of […]

Gunlom – Maguk – Cooinda (Yellow Waters) Tried out my drone for the first time – at Gunlom Pool – fun to fly it at last but the video was crap as I was very […]

Katherine – Pine Creek – Kakadu NP – Gunlom Campground (200km). Mid-morning start – well false start – as we had to return to the caravan park to fill our water tanks.  Stopped for a […]

Kununurra – Timber Creek – Katherine (515 kms) A big day through stunning countryside around the Victoria River with a lunch stop in Timber Creek.  Had to throw away citrus fruit as we crossed the […]