Howard Springs Nature Park

After lunch, we drove back a bit to get to Wangi Falls (you pronounce it like one guy). They usually are the most visited place to swim beneath a waterfall. However, as there might still be salties lingering in the water there, it was still closed for swimming. But anyway, we could enjoy the magnificent view of the waterfall itself.
I talked with some more elderly people about my travels and problems and was always positively surprised by the good chats we had.
Then it was time for our last stop of the day: Howard Springs.
The whole time, I understood Alice Springs, and I was quite confused because of that. But when I read the sign, I could calm down again. We wouldn't drive into the Outback today.
We visited the Nature Park there to feed the barramundi in the lake. However, someone wanted to be fed first. The boss iguana lady there was laying on the bridge (the only bridge that would get us to the other side) and warming up. Obviously, she didn't want to leave her spot, so our whole group lined up behind Anthony (our driver) and waited for his orders. One of the others tried to scare her away with his feet, but that only made her even crankier. So, Anthony decided to bribe his way through. He took out the fish for the barramundi and gave her bit by bit, walking slowly in the aimed direction. Finally, she sat down in the bushes next to the bridge and we could all go through.
We had a blast feeding the barramundi, watching them jump and eat the fish. The turtles next to them looked so funny with their way-too-long necks, paddling about.
When we wanted to get back to our coach however, the cranky iguana sat on her spot again. She wouldn't leave it, so Anthony took his last fish (he spared it in case that would happen) and tried to bribe her again. This time, only he got through. "I'm gonna get the coach to the other side, go there", he shouted across the lake. And so we made our way to avoid the iguana lady and, with laughter, hop onto the coach on the other side.
Safe in our bus, we took off, going back to Darwin.
When dropping off all the other people, I realized just how many murals were in Darwin. Nearly every other house had one painted on it. That made Darwin look way nicer and chill than without it and I decided to like at least that about Darwin, if not its heat.Läs mer