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Holiday Australia 2015

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Day 2 :A day and another day of travel    (Thursday 22nd October 2015 )
Day 3 :Daylight at last, but not for long ..    (Friday 23rd October 2015 )
Day 4 :Ferry to Kangaroo Island..    (Saturday 24th October 2015 )
Day 5 :The littlest lighthouse    (Sunday 25th October 2015 )
Day 6 :Today will be mostly driving...    (Monday 26th October 2015 )
Day 7 :Wilapena & the Sacred Canyon    (Tuesday 27th October 2015 )
Day 8 :Show me the way to Parachilna    (Wednesday 28th October 2015 )
Day 9 :The Arkaroola Ridge top tour..    (Thursday 29th October 2015 )
Day 10 :Leigh Creek to our bear cave !    (Friday 30th October 2015 )
Day 11 :Coober Pedy & the painted desert    (Saturday 31st October 2015 )
Day 12 :Sunday on the way to Mount Dare.    (Sunday 1st November 2015 )
Day 13 :A nail biting finish!    (Monday 2nd November 2015 )
Day 14 :A town called Alice to Kings Canyon.    (Tuesday 3rd November 2015 )
Day 15 :Ayers Rock    (Wednesday 4th November 2015 )
Day 16 :Not much happened...    (Thursday 5th November 2015 )
Day 17 :On the road again & off to the UFO capital of Australia...    (Friday 6th November 2015 )
Day 18 :Devils Marbles    (Saturday 7th November 2015 )
Day 19 :Goodbye Daly Waters.    (Sunday 8th November 2015 )
Day 20 : Kakadu do do

Monday 9th November 2015

Breakfast was a bit of a rush , we woke up at 09.10..Still managed to be there in time ..Phew!

We should have taken our clue from this breakfast time visitor, today would be " Wildlife" day.

We tried the smaller pool or " Our Pool" as we called it..we had it to ourselves for 3 blissful hours, taking advantage of its shaded cool end.

A small bus collected us just after 4 pm for a short drive to the jettty.

Our knowlegable guide Adam , knew all the best places to take us .

He said along this stretch of Yellow water , he'd be confident of passing over & past 100 crocs & see 10., today was a particular sunset cruise was blessed with dozens of sightings.

Adam was able to name many of the birds , including this beautiful Kingfisher.

The birds posed for our cameras, looking particularly stunning amongst the water lillies.

The crocs were magnificent , females up to 2.5 m long living up to 70 yrs, the males some 5m long can live 100+ yrs.

Water Buffalo, a local nuisance, causing soil erosion & trampling birds nests..anything with Hoofs is not original to Oz, these creatures were introduced , mainly by the europeans.

Meet Maxie , a local legend, famed with eating a foal , in front of a tourist group , & displaying his trophy ( Another croc , deceased ) to more tourists.

A relaxing 2 hour cruise was over , back to the hotel for dinner.

Tomorrow should be more of the same with another river cruise booked in.

Goodnight fellow travellers xxxx

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Day 21 :Aligator river with no aligators.    (Tuesday 10th November 2015 )
Day 22 :Kakadu farewell    (Wednesday 11th November 2015 )
Day 23 :Shark bait mate !    (Thursday 12th November 2015 )
Day 24 :Black Friday, the end of the fantasy.    (Friday 13th November 2015 )

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