Yellow River Cruise
3 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
The cruise was excellent. Not a huge number of crocodiles but lots of birds including a Jabiru and Brolga's.
Morning Tea
3 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Yummy coffee and cake before hitting the road for 3 hours.
Lunch and Drinks
3 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
A quick stop at Pine Creek for lunch and a drink at the Lazy Lizzard.
Railway Museum
3 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Mini stop at the Pine Creek Railway Museum.
Nitmiluk Chalets
3 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Arrived at Nitmiluk Campground our home for the next 2 days in very basic cabins. They call them chalets certainly not my impression of a chalet, but they are clean and have everything we need.
Nitmiluk Campground
3 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
After we unpacked it was time for a walk. The pool looked very inviting until we noticed all the kids playing in the pool so no swimming today. We continued our walk to the main reception area whichЧитать далее
Katherine
4 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
This morning we are going into Katherine so we can get phone service and Wi-Fi so we can work out our sightseeing plans for today.
Where's Pop
4 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Savannah Walk at Cutta Cutta Caves
4 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
As the tour of the Caves starts in over an hour, we decided to do a short walk before having lunch in the cool reception area. Still no Wi-Fi or phone service.
Cutta Cutta Caves
4 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Another very interesting tour. Certainly did not think about limestone caves in NT.
Two Gorge Cruise
4 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
This cruise was excellent. Our guide was from the indigenous mob who own the land and he told us many dreamtime stories about the area we were cruising.
2 Gorge Cruise
4 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Walking to second Gorge
Dinner and Sunset
4 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After we cruised the 2 gorges, we then went on another boat which was set up for dinner. We cruised around the 1st Gorge again this time having dinner. The entree of chicken, crocodile and lamb wasЧитать далее
Leaving Nitmiluk
5 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today we leave Katherine and head back to Darwin.
Whist the places we visited were great and extremely informative I do not think I like Katherine not sure why just a feeling. It is not on my list toЧитать далее
Novotel Airport Hotel
5 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Arrived back in Darwin, same Hotel and room as last stay.
Lunch finished, 1 load of washing on, catching up on some emails and then going for a swim.
More Darwin adventures tomorrow.
Relaxing Poolside
5 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Time to relax poolside and enjoy the lovely 31 degree temp before heading back to winter weather in Sydney.
Dinner at Cossies
5 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Dinner tonight at Mercure Hotel which is a short walk from our hotel. There was so much food we have half my main and dessert in take away containers.
Another day of sightseeing
6 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today is our last day at the Top End we fly home tomorrow.
So today is all about Darwin and WW2.
Aviation Museum
6 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
The Bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. On that day, 242 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town,Читать далее
1934 Qantas Hanger
6 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
The hangar is a pre fabricated building developed by the Sidney Williams Company and erected in Darwin in 1934 for Qantas Empire Airways Ltd in time for the Centenary Air Race.
It was used by theЧитать далее
Memorial HMAS Darwin
6 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
The Waterfront
6 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
The Darwin Waterfront is in the heart of Darwin's CBD and a place I think we could live quite comfortably. It had a tropical relaxed feel with parklands, a man-made beach along the SaltwaterЧитать далее
WW11 Oil Storage Tunnels
6 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
I found this very interesting reading all the history of WW11 in and around Darwin.
The WWII Oil Storage Tunnels were built during World War II to protect the oil stored in Darwin from JapaneseЧитать далее
Original Telegragh Pole
6 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Government House
6 сентября 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Built between 1870 and 1871, with later renovations between 1878 and 1879, the building is set on 13,000 square metres of hillside gardens in the centre of the Darwin business district, on TheЧитать далее