Mataranka to Darwin

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August 25th 2011

Published: September 5th 2011

Tuesday 23rd August 2011 We had a great night's sleep at the airfield which was several kilometres from the road with no-one near us. However, at about 3am Rags woke and the thought of being so far from help and the fact the Jeep hadn't been too reliable kept him awake for some time. Not to worry, after breakfast the car started first kick and we were on our way to Mataranka by 7.30am. W... Read Full Entry

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Judy and Rags

Weggs

We first backpacked in Eastern Europe in 2001 visiting Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia & Italy. In 2002 we spent the whole 12 months backpacking around the world. This was before blogs so find details here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~weggs/weggs_world/index.htm In 2007 we enjoyed another 6 months. This time we organised some home exchanges to help the budget, meet new people and be able to kick back and relax in a few places. Hawaii, San Francisco, Mexico, Croatia, England, Scotland, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Austria, Netherlands, China & Tibet were all visited either briefly or fo... full info

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Large Cathedral Termite mount in Litchfirled Park

Florence Falls

This is where we had a lovely cool swim.

Sunset over Darwin coast

View over Adelaide River from Arnhem Highway.

Model castle in Batchelor

This is a replica of Karlstein Castle which stands in Havlik Park. It was built by Bernie Havlik.

On the wall at Fogg Dam

No pedestrians are allowed on the wall at Fogg Dam as their is a resident saltwater crocodile. There were a couple of places we could stop but we didn't see any sign of him!

Water lilies at Fogg Dam

Brutus the Saltie watches us.

Brutus was in an enclosure at the Corroboree Park Tavern.

Sweetheart a 780kilogram Croc!

This croc was stuffed in the museum. She achieved notoriety when she started attacking aluminium dinghies. She accidentally drowned and died in an attempt to capture her so was stuffed and put in the museum.

5th September 2011

Thelma
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading this blog.And the piccies are great too. The car looks very elegant, will be a shame to get it dirty !! Sorry to hear you have been eaten alive by Sand Flies Judy. What are other people doing ? I\'m sure you can\'t be the only one who\'s life was made a misery by them. Sounds like you have made many friends along the way. You should have some interesting stories to tell when you arrive home.And that won\'t be long now !!! I\'ll be so glad to see you home again. I\'m off to bed now, night night.

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