Croc Country - Leichardt Lagoon

The camp at Leichardt Lagoon is quite close to the Norman River. Both Saltwater and freshwater crocs abound in great numbers. Swimming or wading anywhere is strongly discouraged.

We went over to the river and saw one salty croc and 4 freshies up near the weir. I don't think we will be poking around the river banks too much.

We woke this Sunday morning thinking we were back in the "burbs". The sound of small petrol engines puttering all around. It was just like Sunday morning lawn care.

Of course it turned out to be the many Honda generators back online noisily cooling down the fridges after 8 hours of compulsory silence. Although it was no problem as far as getting a good night sleep, it seems many of the little forest birds move clear. The happy jacks seem to not care and are here all day in huge groups.

Even though a beautiful camp with sunsets to die for and nice people it is just a little noisy for avid birders.Read more