After Kakadu and before Darwin

Well before we hit Darwin the plan was to visit Lichfield National Park but we were waylaid by Humty Doo and it's characters. the first of which is the Bush Poet seen here driving Katherine from his studio to the Van a distance of some 50 Metres. However Wally thought it appropriate to his and Katherine's dignity. True Northern Territory's style from the sublime to the ridiculous.


Katherine fitted in well as you can see!!






Next was the Humpty Doo Hotel - inside was special for the customers and the style ( if you could call this rough outpost as having style)


A great evening meal, it was like a half of a whole cows BBQ'd ribs, and the discussion with the locals was spirited with lots of colour..

The UTE's give some indication of the customers who have come in from the bush.




This episode has quite a lot of food included, this being the inside of the "Bark Hut" a pub on Arnhem Highway.

The girls serving at these establishments throughout country Australia all seem to to be backpackers from around the world, with Ireland being over represented.

The source of meals looks at you from above the doorway!!



But talking of food never leaves you far from the Croc in the Top End!

This one was no trouble But


This one was the cause of quite a ruckus until someone ended his life

The final moment for the Croc came some 300 metres from the "Bark Hut"
Now it is just admired by the customers?

Not all the fauna are dangerous, witness these Bats at one of the waterfalls.

The screeching sound is quite a surprise

Others in the fauna family are much more sedate - find the 2 Frogfaced owls in the tree taken one late afternoon.

This is Wangi Falls with the swimmers enjoying the cooling swim again late afternoon, where are the Croc's you may well ask. Well the Park Keepers trap them regularly before and after the Falls pool. Would you swim there, the sign at the pool side states "Be Careful"

This is another Falls, but this time spot the diver in mid flight from the Rock to the water, not only do you have Croc's but also rocks in the pool - Does this sound dangerous !!

More Fauna, these termite mounds are about 3.5 metres tall, there are not many of this height but there are 10's of thousands of smaller ones.

Back to Flora, we found this tree on a track to a water fall and it provided a stark colour contrast with the background.

All that is colourful is not huge, this butterfly again provided a contrast.

Finally another colourful sunset to end the episode.

Distance Travelled from Perth : 7424 Km

Distance from Perth : 3966 Km

Number of days on the road : 58