More holiday snaps
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lederhosenVia Harliquinn, more holiday snaps up here: Kakadu, Arnhem Land, Nourlangie Rock, Uluru, Kata Tjuta, King's Canyon.
Witchetty grubs. They taste better than they look - I ate two, since a lot of our fellow tourists turned them down. BTW, the Central Australian part of the tour was with Wayoutback Tours and they were pretty good - our guide was friendly and very knowledgeable.
A sand compass - the wind blows one end of the grass around in a near-perfect circle.
Tracks in sand.
Sunrise at Kata Tjuta.
Rock wallabies at our hotel in Alice Springs.
Baaaaaby wallaby!
Air plants at Nourlangie Rock - we did about 1 1/2 hours (+ return) of a 6-hour full-circle hike here.
Mantis lurking in a waterfall, also at Nourlangie.
Lizard lurking in a rock.
Pandanus nuts.
Rock painting.
Black wallaby at Nourlangie. The brochure said these were very rarely seen, but this guy hadn't read the brochure, because he was hanging around right near the entrance and paid no attention as we stood there taking photos.
Sea eagle (and catfish) in a tree at Kakadu. His girlfriend was in the same tree.
The reason it's called the South Alligator River (nb: not an alligator).
Egrets... we saw a few...
Another crocodile.
Sunrise at Kakadu.
Jabiru in Arnhem Land. We saw another one caught up in a fence; we couldn't free it ourselves (big panicky bird + bunch of people with no experience dealing with big panicky birds = bad idea) but our guide called the rangers and it was gone when we drove back, so I hope it worked out.
Hand painting, Arnhem Land.
Seven Spears. This was a coming-of-age site in Arnhem Land (and still is on occasion). The big rock has a cubic-shaped gap underneath, with a narrow crack running down between the faces. Young men would make their own spear, and then throw it, aiming for the crack; they didn't get to choose a wife until they could hit the crack. I didn't get measurements, but it was a LONG and upwards throw.
Spearheads in the crack. Despite the name, we counted nine.
Rock painting (barramundi).
Eroded rocks, Arnhem land...
...and a little frog hiding up high in the same rock, away from crocodiles.
Whistling kite coming in for leftovers.
Our guides from the Animal Tracks tour making dinner.
The local princeling, enjoying the sun. Probably about 500kg and 3.5m. He'd love to meet you.
Lotus flowers. And pink ones.
We didn't get a lot of photos of Brisbane or Lady Elliot Island, but I took some while snorkeling - this was with an actual film camera, and I haven't yet seen how they came out. If they're any good I'll post them up later.
Witchetty grubs. They taste better than they look - I ate two, since a lot of our fellow tourists turned them down. BTW, the Central Australian part of the tour was with Wayoutback Tours and they were pretty good - our guide was friendly and very knowledgeable.
A sand compass - the wind blows one end of the grass around in a near-perfect circle.
Tracks in sand.
Sunrise at Kata Tjuta.
Rock wallabies at our hotel in Alice Springs.
Baaaaaby wallaby!
Air plants at Nourlangie Rock - we did about 1 1/2 hours (+ return) of a 6-hour full-circle hike here.
Mantis lurking in a waterfall, also at Nourlangie.
Lizard lurking in a rock.
Pandanus nuts.
Rock painting.
Black wallaby at Nourlangie. The brochure said these were very rarely seen, but this guy hadn't read the brochure, because he was hanging around right near the entrance and paid no attention as we stood there taking photos.
Sea eagle (and catfish) in a tree at Kakadu. His girlfriend was in the same tree.
The reason it's called the South Alligator River (nb: not an alligator).
Egrets... we saw a few...
Another crocodile.
Sunrise at Kakadu.
Jabiru in Arnhem Land. We saw another one caught up in a fence; we couldn't free it ourselves (big panicky bird + bunch of people with no experience dealing with big panicky birds = bad idea) but our guide called the rangers and it was gone when we drove back, so I hope it worked out.
Hand painting, Arnhem Land.
Seven Spears. This was a coming-of-age site in Arnhem Land (and still is on occasion). The big rock has a cubic-shaped gap underneath, with a narrow crack running down between the faces. Young men would make their own spear, and then throw it, aiming for the crack; they didn't get to choose a wife until they could hit the crack. I didn't get measurements, but it was a LONG and upwards throw.
Spearheads in the crack. Despite the name, we counted nine.
Rock painting (barramundi).
Eroded rocks, Arnhem land...
...and a little frog hiding up high in the same rock, away from crocodiles.
Whistling kite coming in for leftovers.
Our guides from the Animal Tracks tour making dinner.
The local princeling, enjoying the sun. Probably about 500kg and 3.5m. He'd love to meet you.
Lotus flowers. And pink ones.
We didn't get a lot of photos of Brisbane or Lady Elliot Island, but I took some while snorkeling - this was with an actual film camera, and I haven't yet seen how they came out. If they're any good I'll post them up later.
