Leaving Darwin we headed east towards the World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park. Heat and humidity have now become a significant aspect of the daily experience – quite different from the cool/cool Central Australian temperatures. But soon we will encounter something else far worse - - - M O S Q U I T O E S!!! These villains make any dusk to dawn outside activity a slap and scratch frenzy - Digital file processing takes place in the tent. Forget about sharks and crocks! The shower becomes a bloodbath and a fight for life at any time of the day!
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Most people visit Kakadu for the landforms, the wildlife including birds and crocodiles and Aboriginal culture an art. We witnessed it all, however, the CarCamera had restricted access. Wildlife is viewed by participating in boat cruises from locations like Yellow Waters – SEE CarCamera image taken from the boat ramp. Curiously while making a roadside stop to photograph corkscrew pandanus by a culvert one of the ‘top 5’ birds to see, the Jabiru, emerged from a shady spot and stopped in the pandanus thicket long enough for a CarCamera image – Vicky tried to image it with the 300D camera as well.
Crocodiles have been trained to jump out of the water for tourist’s horror and amusement. At Alligator River a statue celebrates this unusual behaviour and becomes a CarCamera subject – so does views from boat ramps that show the haunt of these reptiles.
Anthills also inhabit this region and for the material for several images – some are huge, others are shaped like people we know, and occasionally they just look fantastic particularly in burnt-out areas where their orange colours are contrasted against the blackened earth.
