Our time here in Darwin has been made a whole lot easier because of Maxine and Pete. They have lent us their car which has made victualing and sight seeing possible. We decided to take the car to the Adelaide River for a croc jumping tour and then to Litchfield National Park.
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| Hate to be here in our dingy |
The crocs are lured up with a piece of pork tied on a string. The larger one can lift more than half of their body out of the water and the smaller one even more. We travelled only a few hundred meters and yet saw over a dozen crocs.
The other wildlife on the tour was about a hundred Whistling Kites. They start to circle the boat towards the end of the tour waiting to be tossed pieces of bacon which they catch in flight. We were told that they feed on dead insect and lizards during a fire and that when the fire is no longer advancing they will pick up an ember and move it forward to start a new fire, very clever.
The tour goes for an hour and is $25pp. It's a must do if your in the top end.
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| clever birds |
After the tour we drove to the Litchfield National park. Not too far out of Darwin this park has beautiful waterfalls and swimming holes.
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| Buley Rock Hole |
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| This is dry season, would be amazing in the wet |
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| Florence Waterfall |
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| Great way to spend a hot top end afternoon |
We have decided that this area needs some serious exploring and that in the next couple of years we will drive up here to check the place out fully
1 comment:
hawkeye says sorry for the delay in posting comment but things never seem to get done. cheers Ian its great story line and the pictures are fantastic,must be wendy taking the shots. take care and have great time
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