Larrimah Pub what an experience !!!
we travelled to Daly Waters today and did a stop over at Larrimar & the pub was amazing called The Pink Panther It was full of everything ! all around the pub a variety of wild life could be found inc birds/lizards/wallabies & for those of you who can remember the movie We of the Never Never the house featured in the film is now a tourist attraction in the same area Mataranka is a hot spring pool (s) some of them are SO hot (34C) they are closed to the public !!! we took lots of pictures and thought we wouldnt se the like again (pub) BUT wait !! thers more !! further down the road is Daly Waters with another err strange pub !! More on that on my next blog BUT today we have literally done a 300 km pub crawl !!
Katherine Part Deux the Night before we leave
we were picked up by the clubs driver Judy ( and what a lovely lady she is) and dropped off at the Katherine Club ( part RSL) where we again had a great meal drank Northern Territory Bitter which is so good it got me drunk !!!we won a few dollars on Keno and at the end of a wonderful evening was returned to our camp-site
One Beaut Lady
Cahills Crossing Jabiru Final day in Kakadu
Kakadu is an interesting place The Camp site was brillant .The crocodile Hotel was worth looking at But somehow seemed to be a lack of wild life? lots of diferent birds tho and some p[laces inaccesible for our bus BUT never the less quite interesting. Aboriginal ancient artworkon caves was thought provoking especially when details aregiven by the park rangers.Once again we met some lovely people and we still have a lot more yet to meet
Exploring Jabiru & Cahills Crossing East Alligator River NT
today we are travelling to a remote river crossing at Cahills Crossing that is supposedly infested with crocodiles ! Yesterday we cruised Jabiru town looking for points of interest and we came across a very fascinating hotel named Gagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn & is constructed in the shape of a Crocodile ! there is a terrific exhibition inside of a full length crocodile (stuffed) chasing a huge fish,Several aboriginal paintings were on show BUT a wee bit too pricey for us !!! The didgeridoo sale was not badly priced & I almost bought one.Annie reminded me I was going to enrol in a didg class in Alice Springs (that should be a hoot!!) Ill see if Annie wants to go for a paddle in Cahills !! The rest of yesterday was spent around the pool and we met up with friends we had met in Kirijini (approx 1500 kms away!!) apparently they remembered my hair & accent !!! World is getting smaller
JUST IN >>>WOW !! we were just here !! taken from ABC TV report 13/09/10
A group of women taking part in a Northern Territory fishing challenge at the weekend had a lucky escape when a crocodile tried to push over their boat.Toni Flouse was one of the women competing in the Secret Women’s Business Fishing Challenge at Corroboree, about 90 kilometres east of Darwin.She says they were fishing in a bay of lilies when they spotted an old lure floating in the water.The group considered reaching out and retrieving it but Ms Flouse jokingly said, “No, no, Mr Crocodile might come out of the water”.Sure enough, out of nowhere, came a three-metre crocodile.”It was just amazing,” she said.”Not five seconds later a croc just launched itself out of the water and smashed itself against the boat.”He looked like he was aiming for [one of the women on the boat], that’s for sure.””She was sitting on the casting deck at the bow.”It got a bit crazy to be honest – a little bit of swearing and panic.
“She actually jumped up and repositioned herself very hastily.”We were beside ourselves, honestly. It was quite scary.Ms Flouse said the boat had “battle scars” on its side after the attack.”He hit the boat really hard,” she said.”We all talked about the fact that we would absolutely reconsider standing on the casting deck to fish in future.”If we had been standing we honestly believe that from the jolt against the boat that we would’ve lost balance and had fallen over.”
Jabiru- Kakadu- Northern Territory
after a nice slow drive we arrived at the Jabiru Info centre>We were directed to Aurora Kakadu Lodge & booked in for one night The place is excellent!! A very large swimming pool with a huge spa!! great BBQ facilities and most important? A Bar next to the Pool!!! Paradise !! All the amenities in excellent condition also .Sunday was a scorcher SO we lounged around the pool all day having a beer or 3 & generally doing sod all >Again we met some lovely people and a couple recently retired (UK) doing a world trip & having a ball Good on em They from the midlands ( Stoke) where I had the good fortune of working once,staying at my sister Susan’s house.Considering we did buggar all today we were knackered by 10 pm !! must be the heat I’m an Atheist BUT thank god for aircon !!
More from Adelaide River
This river is fantastic & well worth a look
Today we travelled over 200kms to Jabiru (heart of Kakadu) & stopped for a cruise on the way
on route we stopped at the mighty Adelaide River top end of the Northern Territory & took a cruise.It was spectacular!! the bird life was awesome reminiscent of old Tarzan Jungle Movies ! I was very tempted to do his Animal yodel call!! The water was (is) very murky.After a while 2 eyes came towards and the surfaced.It was 6 metre salt water crocodile!! These compared to the fresh water crocs are VERY dangerous, We were treated to a magnificent show,The tour advisor dangle pork chops from a very long pole & dangled it mid air.What happened next was incredible.The croc JUMPED out of the water in an attempt to ‘catch’ the lure (it eventually did) we were told this croc is about 70yrs old. Further down river more meat was dangled and half a dozen crocs performed for us again by leaping out of the water !! Apparently this is NOT learnt from humans BUT is a natural way of swooping on prey above the water line !! We spotted a beautiful white crested eagle on the trip & a group of young eagles flocked around the boat tacking offerings given to them by the crew.As we left the boat we were confronted by a huge lizard,who eventually disappeared into the riveside & we havent even reached our destination yet !!
farewell Darwin as we head for the World Famous Kakadu
took a while but Darwin is starting to on grow on me! The shopping centre we saw at Casuarina (Darwin Suburb) was HUGE !!anything you need can be found in this centre We went to the Cinema within the complex,wasting time while our CB was being fitted (Sorcerers Apprentice ,recommended for all ages) and it is a comfortable theatre. We utilized the Darwin Bus Service ( once again using my free bus pass!) and the drivers were very courteous & professional,a credit to their employers. After the movie we collected our bus complete with NEW CB & naturally I had a play with it.So far,so good.We are currently packing up,filling the bus up with water ready for our further adventures starting tomorrow.We head off to Crocodile Dundee Country early in the am to the internationally known KAKADU.Once again we may be out of computer signal & may not be able to do my Blog until we come into signal.Stay tuned for hopefully more exciting adventures !!
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 