Australia 1995 part II - South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory

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April 1st 1995

Published: March 29th 2021

A blog entry with Bon Scott and Mick Dundee This, the second blog from my trip in Australia in 1995, pretty much covers the second month I spent there. Adelaide I clearly remember that I wasn't very fond of Adelaide. I stayed only a very short time there and I saw very little. The only thing I saw in Adelaide that I'll mention here is South Australian Museum. There were two really cool exhi... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Lizard

Lizard on a pillar

Dinosaur footprint

In Broome there is a place where it is possible to see dinosaur footprints

Dinosaur footprint

This is a dinosaur footprint, although it looks like a footprint of Donald Duck.

Termite mound

Magnetic termite mound

In Litchfield national park they have so called magnetic termite mounds. These termite mounds are flat and always oriented in north-south direction.

Waterfall

A waterfall in Litchfield national park

Katherine Gorge

View from a boat tour I took into Katherine Gorge, a scenic section of Katherine River

Waterfall

Waterfall in Katherine River

Boab Prison Tree

A hollow boab tree that according to legend has been used to imprison people. But likely, it is just a legend.

Kakadu national park

Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu national park. Some scenes in Crocodile Dundee were recorded there.

Aboriginal rock art

Aboriginal rock art in Kakadu national park

Aboriginal rock art

Some of these galleries were updated with new paintings at least as late as in the mid 20th century

Aboriginal rock art

Some of the rock paintings in Kakadu NP can be as old as 20,000 years

Aboriginal rock art

There are galleries with rock paintings that are in such remote areas of the park that they haven't been studied yet. They have been seen from planes and helicopters but are too difficult to access to make it worth going there

Kakadu national park

View over Kakadu national park

River in Kakadu NP

Flooded land in Kakadu NP

When I was in Kakadu NP it was in the end of the rainy season. The rains caused parts of Kakadu National Park to be flooded.

Hot air balloon

I got to ride a hot air balloon in Alice Springs

Balloon flight

The nature around Alice Springs is flat

Balloon flight

The nature around Alice Springs is dry

Balloon flight

The nature around Alice Springs is red and dusty

2nd April 2021

starship VT
starship - VT

Lucky!
You were lucky to have so much time to spend in Australia since it is such an incredibly vast country with so much to see. That's an interesting story about the horse Norseman finding gold. I also like your photos of the Aboriginal rock art.

4th April 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Then and now
Then I had plenty of time but I was on s very tight budget. Today we have s larger budget, but have much less time instead. Thanks for reading and commenting on the blog. ) Ake

5th April 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Yikes.......

7th April 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Oh, sorry
I take it tat you don't like termites. Sorry for adding the photo. /Ake

6th April 2021

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Western Australia
We enjoyed our time at the Pinnacles. Thanks for the memory.

7th April 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

It's a cool place...
The pinnacles is a cool place. Glad to hear that my blog brought back good memories for you. /Ake

7th April 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

no no, I don't mind termites, saw plenty of mounds in Texas, but none that big!!

12th June 2021

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Australia
Ah, beautiful Australia! I know the film Crocodile Dundee well, it is one of my childhood favourites. I would certainly have it in mind if I visited Australia in the future! Thank you for a good read, reminiscing the good old days of travelling - getting a free shared-ride to Darwin, and hitching a ride in a hot-air balloon ? Thank you for another good read, Ake ?

13th June 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

More on Crocodile Dundee
I had another visit at a Crocodile Dundee related site later in the trip. It is featured in the third blog entry I wrote. I guess you will read that too in a while. /Ake

19th May 2022

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Tasteless Joke?
Not at all. It's actually a very Australian sense of humour, and from what popular culture remembers of him - it's absolutely suited to him too :)

24th May 2022

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Good to hear
Good to hear that you didn't take offence. Hopefully not too many do. /Ake

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