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August 19th 2009
Published: August 20th 2009
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If you have the e-stamina to get to the end of my blogs you’ll notice the later photos of this month’s look decidedly un-Australian. At happy hour one evening our friends mentioned cheap airfares as they were thinking of a trip to Thailand. Suddenly a map of SE Asia popped up in my head. Darwin is so close - only a 3 hour trip to Singapore instead of the discouraging 9 from NZ. And how cheap... Read Full Entry



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you just have to do it..you just have to do it..
you just have to do it..

..get your photo taken with the senset at Ubirr
This is what you don't see..This is what you don't see..
This is what you don't see..

in all the lovely Ubirr sunset photos - hundreds of other camera-happy tourists taking their exclusive sunset shot!
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The Love Shack

that's what it was called! Our very cute Kakadu cabin
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Nourlangie Rock art site

in the Incline gallery
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the image of the rifle (top) dates this as less than 150 years
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He would eat females after strking them with his giant yam (!!)
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Anbangbang Gallery

on the right is Namarrgon the lightning man
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Nourlangie Rock

in Kakadu National Park
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view east to Arnhemland from Nourlangie lookout
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less sophisticated drawings at other Nourlangie sites
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Black Wallaroo

He was beautiful! and not concerned about us at all (they are only found in this area)
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Mimi spirits

notice the white line at the top - it's silicon run along the walls to protect the art from water seepage
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Mardugal Billabong

at all the picnic spots there's a prominant crocodile warning sign...who/what are the picnic tables for?
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the rivers look so inviting...but there's noone swimming!
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Singapore!

some fabulous architecture..
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Government housing blocks

...and then some not so fabulous



20th August 2009

Yet another spectacularly written and illustrated touring story
Hilary, you should be paid for writing this travel logs. I now know what and when to visit Kakadu and your descriptions of Singapore are clear and accurate. I read your Singapore tale with a sinking heart, wondering if you were there when we were? But I think we may have missed by a few days or a week. We arrived 30 July and left 3 August. The national flags were still hanging from everyones apartment windows. And like you I loved it. We will definitely go back to Singapore and stay longer because there is so much to do there. We visited Sentosa Island via the cable car and spent an afternoon in the Botanical gardens. Both worthwhile. Mark wouldn't let me go to the National Art Gallery or any museums because he had been saturated with them in Vietnam. The highlights for me were Buji St and Orchard Road, a shopping addicts paradise. Was enthralled by the laser light show on the Fountain of Fortune (the worlds largest fountain) which occurs nightly in the Sun City mall. Now I'm looking out for work opportunities in Singapore. And pray tell, what work are you starting soon? Much love xxx

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