cockatoos...
frogs... heaps of frogs, and lizards too. This one was out at night, thats why its dark. Hope you can see him.
There were crocodiles, some big...
some not so big... And I tell you what, when there is a sign saying 'crocodiles may inhabit these waters', it takes the excitment (read fear) of swimming in deep, unknown lakes to a whole new level...
we saw goats...
cows (I think)...
a brontosaurus and, look away now if you're squeamish,... seriously
a dead horse on fire. How about that? Odd, especially at 8am on a Saturday morning miles from anywhere. It had been dead on the side of the road for at least 4 weeks so we can't work out if it suddenly decided to spontaneously combust or someone thought it would be fun to burn it. Odd.
We also saw millions of termite mounds/structures/castles/edifices/monuments/buildings everywhere... we saw cooler ones but mostly from the car and at 130km/hr you havent got long to take a quick snap.
this one is bigger than most... the termite mound i mean...
as a tragic aside, this is one of the last photos featuring my trusty brown jandals (thongs if you're fair dinkum). They finally died in the Causarina shopping mall in Darwin. The strap busted off the sole. Luckily i was virtually outside that beacon of quality and style, k-mart so i popped in and spent $7 on a new pair. Needless to say the next day in Katherine I forked out $20 for another pair as the k-mart jobs had already worn down and were basically crap. IN ONE DAY. So i now sport a dull green pair of havianas. They really are quite good. Excellent even. Recommended.
Anyhoo, the highlight of the trip was water. There are some stunning swimming holes, waterfalls, rivers etc. Heres a sample.
here's a picture of a 'willy-willy'. Saw lots of those too but this one was cool cos it sort of grew on the road in front of us.
the best thing on the road between here and up there is the Devils Marbles. Heaps of huge rocks scattered and piled up. We camped there the last night before we go home.
and finally , a beautiful photo of Jo sitting at Devils Marbles.
lovely. 