http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Northern Territory , Arnhemland en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:25:10 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:25:10 UTC Day 7 We woke early to pack up so that we could cross Cahill Crossing at low tide again. We knew that it would be a long and rough drive out. It was very windy this morning while we were packing. We said goodbye to the Chadley family and they gave us some suggestions of where to visit on the west coast. They will be back in Bowen in a few weeks which they were very excited about.We headed out and http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-315440.html Day 6 We woke to another beautiful morning although the kids legs were covered in bits. We had our two nights in paradise and it was time to pack up and move on. Guy was having problems catching Ralph to pay our bill 66 per familynight as he was always either fishing or sleeping. He saw his before he went fishing and he convinced us to stay another night free Who could resist Thankfully I h http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-315439.html Day 5 We woke to a beautiful sunrise which looked magnificent over the water. As soon as the sun is up so are the sand flies. We are warning the kids that they need to keep the spray on but do they listen We had breakfast and had to think about what to do for the day. Alan had gone fishing and Lesley was doing school work with the kids. We did not bring the books as there was not more room so http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-314036.html Day 4 Guy had us all up early 5.30am so that we could pack up and cross the East Alligator River at low tide. We went and said goodbye to Alan and Maureen and to another English couple who we were camped next to. We drove to the Bakery to stock up on some fresh bread and morning tea. We drove to Cahills Crossing to make sure that the tide was low and now crocs were around We crossed the river http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-314035.html Tue 22nd JulyAnother early start as we set out for the 2nd day of our Kakadu tour.Amazingly it seems to have been raining significantly during the night andthere is still a little rain when we awake. This is pretty much unheard of inthe dry season we are later told it has happened just twice in the guide's 6years experience. Fortunately the rain soon clears away...Today we are heading out t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-304634.html In May I went to the Northern Territory with my friend Pam for 2 weeks of nature style activities. We started off by going on a private tour of Arnhem land with VentureNorth. A nice bloke called Simon was our guide cook driver and general dog's body. He was great We went from Darwin to Fogg Dam which was alive with egrets pied storks brolgas and mosquitos I'm sure that the creatures were http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-283428.html The milingimbi experience has been one of the best things i could have done to realize how complicated and special the aboriginal culture is...to see the map above put the zoom down Milingimbi is one of the biggest islands 40 square km of the Crocodile Group of Islands. These islands are about 250 km east from Darwin. how do u get there in a very very small plane in which u cannot even st http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-220251.html This entry is mainly for people into fishing...Irsquove just got back from a remote part of Australia called Arnhem Land. For those who donrsquot know itrsquos at the very top of the country and is Aboriginal Land. Ordinary Australians arenrsquot allowed onto this land unless they have the permission of the Northern Land Council. Arnhem Land is about the size of Wales in the UK so wersqu http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/Ramingining/blog-202010.html I've had just the best few days here in Ngukurr. I wish that we had another couple of weeks minus the heat flies and green tree frogs that have made our toilet their homeOur day begins at 7am when we get up and get ready for the day. We go out in the 'Troupie' and start to collect out students rousing them from their beds with our Kriol Hey ZeldaKumin herya levum sleep sleep Klas time. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-101499.html We've finally made it to Ngukurr. We left Darwin yesterday at around 3pm and made it to Katherine at about 6.45pm. It was a long straight drive and very hot behind the glass. We dumped our bags at the hotel and then went to sample Katherine's finest.This morning we left Katherine at about 930am and stopped off at the education centre to collect keys and at the butcher's to collect a load of meat http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Arnhemland/blog-100702.html