Obviously I am back from my
trip to Darwin and the Northern Territory, I have been so overwhelmed by the
amount of photos I took, I have been struggling to decide how to approach
blogging about my trip.
I am
going with the NIKE method - just do it
I have
never had a holiday on my own before, this trip was a new and exciting
adventure for me, I have been married for 22 years and I have not spend more
than 3 nights away from HWMBO. I am so happy that I clicked really well with
most of the people on the tour.
Anyone
who has been to the top end of Australia know that November is the worst time
to travel, it is hot and humid, the build up to the wet season, this is exactly
why we went at this time of year, the plan was to witness and photograph some
of Australia's best lightning. That was the plan...but alas there was a huge lightning
storm the week before we got there :( . South east Queensland had a massive
storm with lightning while I was away - just my luck! I missed the lightning
show on our last night in Darwin, I had a few drinks at dinner and just crashed.
I will have to brave the weather during the summer and get my lightning photo
more local.
Our
first night we went to Fannie Bay for Sunset, the very first thing I noticed
was there were children playing in the water, I thought the fear of salt water crocodiles
was so in built in NT no parent would let their kid anywhere near the ocean. I
was a brave soldier and got my feet wet too *** I thought the crocs would go
after the kids as they were smaller and tastier ***
The light on the cliffs at Fannie bay was amazing, photos don't do it justice. I had a play with some crabs and my macro lens.
Day 2
was spent walking around Darwin while waiting for the rest of the tour group to
join a few early birds who arrived a day early. One of my favourite photos was
taken on our first group outings, a rainbow bee eater happily posed in
beautiful light for us, I think all of us got a great shot of this guy with his
dragonfly dinner.
Sunset
at Mindil Beach
I am
not a morning person, never have been, never will be, I have to get up early
for work and I do it because I have too, not because I want too. It was a bit
of a struggle for me to get up for a sunrise at Lee Point, I am glad I did it
was beautiful.
Fogg
Dam was out next stop where I got my first look at Brolgas in the wild, I was
lucky to have a seat on the bus and a clean window to get a good shot of them
before they walked out of range.
We
ended the day with a 3 hour cruise on the Mary River where we got our first glimpse
of both salt water and fresh water crocodiles. I captured a pair of magnificent
sea eagles and a jabiru. As the jabiru was not is a great position to be
photographed the boat driver tried to scare him into flying away to give us a chance
to get an inflight photo, when guide drove the boat into the water lilies the
jabiru just calmly walked further up the bank - fortunately to a better
location for photos.
To avoid making this a really long post, I will say good bye and stay tuned for more Top End Adventures tomorrow
