Very pretty clouds this morning as the sun peeked over the trees.
The first matter of the day was a visit by a caravan repair guy we had called the day before. Over the past couple of months we've had an intermittent issue with the door handle on the van where you would sometimes unlock it but it wouldn't open so you would have to lock it again and unlock before you could open it. It has been worrying me a little that we would be in the middle of nowhere and it would completely fail, so we decided to get it fixed before we left Darwin. At least it is done now and $120 worth of peace of mind for the rest of our trip.
I'd been tossing up on our last trip whether to go on one of the croc tours and ended up not doing it. After tossing up whether to do it again this year I decided to and I'm glad I went. What absolutely fascinating creatures they are and the interesting stories told by our tour guide. The river was alive with both birds and crocs from the biggest - poor old Brutus who despite his legendary reputation is now probably nearing the end of his life having no teeth and one front leg missing - to the tiniest of babies which I missed getting a photo of but would have been about 15cm long. I was amazed by the information that they do not get infections even when they receive injuries, which is hard to believe when you look at the colour of the water and see some of the gashes they receive during fights. They are an example of when mother nature gets everything right - virtually the last living dinosaurs and no wonder they still thrive.
Poor old Toothless Brutus - still a formidable figure in the water though, a much smaller female taking off in the other direction when she realised he was on the other side of the boat. Brutus is now about 90 years old and weighs around 2 tonne.
And this is Dominator. He'd obviously had a pretty decent feed and was sunning himself on the bank of the river. I'm happy to say he stayed there while we floated past to take photos. What a beast - about 70 years old and weighing about 2 tonne it is obvious why he's the boss of these waters!
Sadly we head off from Darwin tomorrow morning after having a wonderful relaxing time. We're sad to go because it always feels as though you're heading home as soon as you go south again, but we still have many more days of holiday to go and no doubt many more adventures and interesting things to see along the way. What better way to spend the evening watching the sun set behind the palm trees while eating dinner and listening to tonight's camp entertainment - a didgeridoo - how much more Northern Territory can it get. A visit from Alan, a few glasses of wine, some conversation about where we've been and where we still have to go. Thank you Darwin for yet again delivering a top notch holiday location.
133km
Total - 5,918 km
Top today 32°c - expecting overnight 19°c
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