Bark Hut Inn Northern Territory

... Australien...

... als wir nachts in Darwin ankommen, schlafen wir uns erstmal am Flughafen aus (und das erstaunlich gut) bis wir uns auf Erkundungstour begeben... und spaeter den Zug "The Ghan" etc. fuer den naechsten Tag buchen, um nach Alice Springs zu fahren...

... 24 Std. "brausen" wir mit Stop in Katherine durchs Outback... dabei wird mir auch bei langem aus dem Fenster schauen nicht langweilig - wir bekommen schon unser ersten ...

Started our trek through Kakadu with a visit to the Spectacular Jumping crocodile boat trip and a visit to the Windows to the Wetlands information centre. As soon as we moved off from the jetty on the Adelaide River the crocs surfaced and started to swim towards the boat........ all a little bit unsettling in fact! We'd just walked across the gang plank to get to the boat, and these monsters were in ...

We have a car! It's about time, with the added bonus of not have to get on the bus and go downtown for a car rental every weekend and do all your car chores in one day. We splashed out on a nice new shiny Nissan Navara in the end - One of those cars that has a different name in the USA to the rest of the world. It's a Frontier in the USA! What is it with the USA that they always have to be different! So what did we get for our money? We decided to buy new as the second hand cars weren't ...

Just Outside Kakadu National Park we set up camp at 2pm - what a mistake! The flys were hiddeous - so much worse than normal! So we got drunk on a bottle of rum we have been carrying around and then had a chilli - very nice. We played umpteen games of cards and then chatted to a GErman couple who joined us for the end of the evening - all in all it ...

Trotz der Umstände habe ich sehr gut geschlafen. Nur ab und zu wurde ich vom Geplantsche der Krokodile wach. Ich habe auch nur ca. 5 Stiche erlitten. Scheinbar habe ich einen Moskito übersehen. Dafür schmerzen die Stiche so, als wollte sich der Moskito für seine Kameraden rächen. Als ich meine Sachen zusammen räume, kommt ein Australier zu mir, der in der Nacht angekommen war. Zuerst empfiehlt er mir einige gute Surfstrände an der Westküste, als er mein Surfboard entdeckt ...

Heute Morgen w**de ich von d** stechenden Sonne geweckt. So bin ich ab** wenigstens früh wach und kann nach einem kurzen Frühstück en**gi**eich in den Tag starten. Seit ich aus Darwin h**aus bin, habe ich plötzlich wied** Kraft und bin voll** Tatendrang. Wenn ich schon mal hi** bin, kann ich mir ja mal diesen Nationalpark angucken. All**dings gibt es bedingt durch das Bushfeu** nicht viel zu sehen. Trotzdem genieße ich die recht gewöhnliche Natur. Nach ein** halben Stunden habe ich auch ...

... Buffalo grazing in a field nearby, which were in long grass, so I assume its boggy or something. On the other side of the view, was a large raging Bush Fire. There wasn't much else to do, but we made sure to look around slowly because we had to let off a ton of Bug Killer in the van. At somepoint in the night something had taken a liking to Helen and ate most of her arms and legs, causing a real nasty rash all over her. Straight away it was ...

Monday, October 29, 2007 (Written by Suzanne) Driving to Kakadu Another early morning, I don't think we know how to sleep in anymore but I sure when I am home in my own bed I don't think it will take long to get back into old habits. Packed in the rain, not heavy rain for Darwin though and on the road by 7.45am as we want to make the 9.00am Jumping Croc tour. It was sad to say goodbye to the Saynor's as we really ...

... the water. SO NICE. And then there were the crocodiles. We saw so many of them you would think we would all be desensitised, but being a few metres away from one with a wonky boat engine actually does the opposite. Poor Max probably never heard so many four-letter words in his life. It was a great rush and I am sure everything was under control, but seriously, holy ****. At least I got a really good - and close - look at one! The ...

We stopped by a billabong with one of the highest density of Saltwater Crocodiles in the region. We spotted a few large crocodiles and saw a few birds. Then we headed to a Didgeridoo shop before returning to Darwin. It was been an amazing holiday. The Kimberley and Top End have truely been breathtaking. The scenery was stunning and the weather was superb. I got to see the lunar ...