On our way to Kakadu, having picked up supplies at another enormous Woolworths, we stopped to go on the jumping crocodile cruise – which did exactly what it said!
Month: October 2018
Darwin- aboriginal heritage
It is a bit hot and steamy here but that didn’t put us off renting bicycles and heading off to the George Brown botanical gardens (very close). We had breakfast at the cafe and strolled round the well maintained park. Continue reading “Darwin- aboriginal heritage”
Out in the Bush
We will be offline for a few days in Kakadu – we can’t post pictures or anything easily – bear with us until probably Thursday or Friday – we have seen a LOT of crocodiles!
Flying on to Darwin
Flying over a Martian landscape of red dry deserted swathes of seemingly hostile land, I wondered if the indigenous population could also fly as, looking down, I could clearly see inspiration for the distinctive aboriginal art form.
Art in Perth
Leaving sunny breezy Exmouth we hopped on a plane from tiny Learmonth airport (named after a WW2 fighter commander – an interesting story there) and flew back over our tracks (looking just as empty as when we drove up) to rainy cold Perth! Which seemed to be a surprise to everyone as rain is very unusual outside winter months.
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Kayaking in turquoise seas
On the minibus trailing kayaks we set off to Yardi creek on the West side of the peninsula. We are 5 brits looked after by Hal, my friend Lizzie’s old friend, and Andrea from Spain.
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Coral Bay to Exmouth
Up early again (what’s happened to us??) and off North again to Coral Bay for our first snorkel.
We stopped on the way at a petrol station for coffee and David checked out the rusting steam engines while I admired a bush full of white cockatoos. We also spotted 2 Australian bustards – great big things near the road – this photo is from internet but they looked just as haughty.
Dolphins and Outback
A sunny morning saw us all lining up on the beach hoping for dolphins again. There are more people here than we’ve seen in all of Western Australia- about 100 people. Continue reading “Dolphins and Outback”
Monkey Mia – too wet for dolphins!
This morning we awoke to driving rain and a howling gale. The visitors all lined up on the beach to see the dolphins but as the torrential rain started up again everyone left the beach except us! We were quite enjoying the warm storm – the first proper weather we’ve had here!
The beginning of life on earth
The sea here is shallow enough give us second thoughts about swimming this morning – although warmer at Kalbarri than Jurien Bay it was on the chilly side and the stiff wind was off-putting. After an enjoyable paddle we noticed the jellyfish on the beach so maybe not swimming was a good choice.