Across Australia
in 80 days
November 2000 till January 2001

Australia Tour - Part 2 - the North-West
Launched, January 4, 2001 - Links update, January 21, 2005
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Petra's report

Darwin distances Darwin Kakadu Park wild life aboriginal art monsoon forest didgeridoo aborigines waterfalls Mary River saltwater crocs Katherine Gorge 2-seats chopper canoe freshwater crocs Stuart Highway mr. John Stuart overland telegraph ghost towns Daly Waters Devils Marbles Devils Marbles Devils Pebbles Tennant Creek Alice Springs A town like Alice

Then by airplane to Darwin and its tropical damp heat. At first, too damn hot, even for me, but I quickly got the hang of it. From now on I'm constantly travelling with other people. As distances here are enormous, having company is nicer than being alone, and you get to know lots and lots of people. Setting out from Darwin I reconnoitred Kakadu park, where I saw much wild life, aboriginal art, I walked in a monsoon forest, and played didgeridoo with the aborigines. There were scores of waterfalls (only to be approached by swimming) and I made a trip in a fisherman's vessel on the Mary River, which is swarming with saltwater crocodiles. After this, I went south, to Katherine Gorge. At first, I made a reconnaissance flight over the gorge in a 2-seats chopper, and then I paddled up and down the gorge in a canoe. In this river there are mostly freshwater crocodiles. Generally, they're not a dangerous species, but to pass them by in a canoe causes a strange sensation in your guts. Anyway, you're dissuaded from leaving your vessel, or setting foot on the river banks. You might crush their eggs, or maybe the crocodiles would come after you all the same. But by times you can't help getting out of the canoe to give it a heave over some rocks (especially, while going upstream). Travelling farther south by the Stuart Highway, I followed the track of the Overland Telegraph Line. I went to see completely desolated airfields and ghost towns à la Daly Waters, of which the latter takes pride in having even 10 inhabitants (still alive), and a much frequented pub. And of course, I paid a visit to the Devils Marbles and the much smaller Devils Pebbles, at the side of Tennant Creek, to put up at Alice Springs, eventually, 'a town like Alice'.

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