Tuesday, April 3, 2007

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We have done! to visit all eight states of this continent, which has lasted until now, almost 20,000 kilometers and is far from over. This week we spent mostly in the wilds of the Northern Territory's, but read for yourself what happened to us most is there.
had started the week still in Western Australia, more precisely with the trip to Hall's Creek. There we wanted to spend only the night and to the Internet, but after we waited the whole lunch hour of Internet cafes, you had to unfortunately put off so that online access would have been dead for days. In time, however, we could observe the many Aborigines as drunk with ecstasy, for example, completely unnerved the attendant bequatschten over again, or how to cross at a snail's pace (despite good traffic on the highway) roads or sit there remained the same. The urban communities that we saw so far are, at least come down quite as well as its inhabitants, most of which expire alcohol to shine.
Then we went to Kununurra, the last town in front of the states change. There we had a fabulous caravan park on the lake where we got our first freshwater crocodile face, which are no more than three meters long and for the people who are usually harmless. And "George" was a safe distance from us seemed to be the countless mosquitoes, we escaped without further ado into the car. In that we woke up pretty early again and also found out the reason why we were the only van on site. Backhoe! Large Excavators house, huge trucks and many people with chainsaws are made from dawn worked to enlarge the park while playing Wake. "Punishment must be" I was always taught and how it gave us the book exchange "Diana Hamilton" Feist (romance, available in the supermarket of their choice), for three fantasy classic by Raymond.
Then we crossed the border and drove to the Victoria River Roadhouse, this time without its own farm, but located in the beautiful countryside of the North.
Huge lush green plains, seemingly endless forests, through which wind their way through the rainy season awakened rivers and sunsets of superlatives. But even this place was a stop on the way to the top, on the way Darwin.
Before we reached the capital, we stopped at a wildlife park just off the road. In perfect is trying ecosystems such as mangrove forests and water holes in the monsoon rain forest tumbled to the vast flora of the north. Whether relaxing water buffalo, giant toads or ugly amazing birds of the region, each cage or enclosure had its appeal, particularly because of the beautiful environment. But the coolest were the natural inhabitants of the plant, because they were really dangerous. As would be exorbitant for a spider that looked at up to 15 centimeters in body length, which really toxic. In addition, a bat, the verdo at a shelter the day, until we woke timid and then screaming rice took a really nasty little creatures, and not to forget the snakes, because as it had started to rain again, our paths crossed with a young Brown Snake that if she survived the shock fully grown, could kill Matthi 72x, but do not worry, we are still healing.
In the evening we arrived in Darwin and booked a caravan park just outside of town for two nights. The last hours of sun we stayed at the wonderfully refreshing pool and then we grilled hard, but not even the toast of the burgers we had calm before the beasts. So we went there too acquaintance with another kind of snake that are screwed up, it quickly into the nearest bush. The next day was washed again and created the plan for the city tour, it turned out that Darwin has scarcely more inhabitants than London and also from the attractions here, do not take much of our country.
We started the city tour in the City Art Gallery, where, among many Aboriginiewerken, an interesting exhibition was to admire about the machinations of the local art students. Then we walked happily through the historical part of town, but now is only from the door of the church and the foundations of the old town hall. Darwin was twice destroyed again in World War II by Japanese bombers in 1976 by Cyclone Tracy, which immediately made the town almost completely to the ground. So we had seen at the end of our walk mainly modern concrete blocks, which are again quite disappointing.
order to end the evening we were still enjoyable meal, but not as mooted in the dock at the taste of freshly caught seafood, but for the Italians.
full of taste, on a level with the "Fratelli", it was filled back to the campsite.
early the next morning we left and drove to the sobering Darwin Kakadu National Park, World Cultural and Natural Heritage UNESCO, green paradise of Australia.
Before we reached the entrance, we stopped at Fogg Dam Reserve, home to thousands of water pythons and their favorite prey, water rats. In any case, the half-hour hike revealed by webs through the mangrove forests, none of the domestic animals, but this beautiful scenic shots. Then we went to the highlight of the week, the "Jumping Crocodile Cruises. A medium-sized Airboot, packed with meat bites and a few tourists should be paid, so hop to encourage the creatures to be out of the water.
The Adelaide River meanders 180 km through the country, on every 75 to 100 meters is a crocodile a saltwater crocodile. The largest reptiles on earth, up to seven meters long and can take almost a ton on the scale and thus purely into the fray. In order to offer people something show, so meat is strapped to a pole and kept above water, at the third jump the poor critters usually there will also get the steak, but the front is always exciting. Overall, I think we saw about ten of the beasts, and even a giant figure, the distance was a minimum of 50 inches of our heads! Very impressive experience, but as with manta rays, show the pictures here probably better our impressions. Moreover, there was also still an entertaining bird of prey feeding, where we even got the white-bellied eagle to face.
Then finally we crossed the portals of the National Parks and then immediately looked for the first campsite to the seen to be processed. Although there roamed (quite dangerous) Dingo's around us, but we just wanted to get our rest. After we finally drove the crows, unwound the insect remnants from our hood, we managed only beer the evening before the eyes already existing towns.
today we were actually two rocks and their thousands to visit old painting and on top of that create even our last bush walk in Australia. But the rainy season, we made a spanner in the works. Since almost all roads under meters of water were, we could only visit the Nourlangie rock. But this stone was impressive enough, cave paintings from the last two centuries and view points, have impressively overlooking the entire southeast of the region's natural and cultural value of the park. Later we went to Pine Creek, where we will spend the night. A little while ago to let the weather even a few rounds of football, so hoping to ask that we now get back bearable temperatures.
This would be the adventure of "Top End" completed, we will now look at next week the central part of the continent and its landmark red, until then.


spider in the zoo


nature insights


a crocodile


crocodile eye


Jumping Krok!


cave painting


Kakadoo


Matthi with cave painting

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