Friday KakaduYesterdays jumping crocodiles trip was very good.They put lumps of meat on the end of a pole and dipped it in the water to attract the crocs and when they came up to the boat they dangled the meat about 3 ft over the water and eventually the croc would jump to try to get the meat.They let the croc jump a couple of times and then let it have the meat.Later we went to the sunset market on the beach.We are not big market fans but it was one of the thin...

Tuesday Berry Springs Nature ParkFirst stop was the Berry Springs a series of 3 swimming holes each with steps down and guess what? No swimming.We are told the very wet season had enabled the saltwater crocs (salties) to get over the gates which are at the end of the pools and are supposed to keep them out.Once they are in they have to be trapped and hopefully once they have got them all they can reopen the pools. Question is how do they know they have trapped th...

Monday 21st April Litchfield National Park.Yesterday after going to the lively Baptist church which actually had more young people than old we had a ride out to Nitmiluk Gorge better known in the past as Katherine Gorge.It was actually a bit disappointing.We have done better boat trips and seen better visitor centres so if you are over this way and time or finances are pressing and you have to prioritise I would miss Katherine.On our way to Darwin we had been t...

Saturday Katherine Northern Territory No problems this time crossing the state border it seems to be Western Australia who are paranoid about people bringing pests and diseases in to their state.It was a long drive with mainly flat scenery with occasional spectacular mountain ranges but 2 happenings helped to liven it up.We travelled along quite a long stretch of road with fires burning right up to the road edge with flames 3-4 feet high.We presumed it was contr...

Thurs. April 17th cruise on the Ord RiverI started to write a technical description of the Ord River, Lake Kununurra and Lake Argyle but got really mixed u so let's just say it is a massive scheme which was intended to make the Kimberley's the fruit bowl of Australia.It makes you weep when you are from Brisbane and see the massive amount of water here and you are told they only use 10% of it but we didn't come here for a history lesson we came to marvel at the ...