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In the morning
of the second day we wake up with the sunrise and the and the
nature that was surrounding us.
Breakfast
in the main tent and selection of the activities for the day.
Who is doing what?
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For this second
day in Arnhemland we chose the half day bushwalking option for
the morning and the boat tour on the billabong for the afternoon.
While we are
enjoying our breakfast, our guides are already preparing the vehicles.
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Time to leave.
The half day bushwalking tour we chose will again bring us in some
places where some aboriginal painting can be seen. It is for example
the opportunity to discover one of the best representation of the
'Rainbow Serpent' which occupies a very important place in the aboriginal
'Dreamtime' legends and this, all over Australia. |
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aboriginal aspects, this tour is very focused on the discovery of
the nature and local flora and fauna. One of the great aspect of
these days spent with or guides in Arnhemland is that we never had
the impression to be in a rush. We always had enough time to observe
the nature, take photos and our questions always received answers. |
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In the afternoon,
after a short rest we are back on the track to reach the billabong.
We know this track already as we did it the day before for the 'sunset
cruise'. Well the track is really bad but we are quite use of that
now. It is the same for all the others we took. |
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The afternoon
tour on the billabong is specially an opportunity to approach
the crocs and trust me you will see them very closely.
Two types
of crocodiles inhabits the billabong. The saltwater (salty) one
and the freshwater one. The salty is the far most impressive.
By the way,
if one of the guides or one of your companions tries to convince
you that there are more spices such as the rockodile and the lockodile
ones, don't trust him :-) This is the common joke. The rockodile
being a piece of rock in the water that could let you thing about
a croc and the lockodile is the same but for a piece of wood.
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camp we spent the evening chatting with others and had the opportunity
to meet a well known local nature photographer, Frank Woerle. For
over 20 years Frank was a Ranger in the Northern Territory. Kween
photographers, Frank and Derek Roff, are sharing their love of nature
via photographs publish in books you will find everywhere in the
local tourist shops. |
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For the third
and last day we still have the morning available. We chose the
'Barramundi fishing' option.
Once again,
back to the billabong but this time with the fishing gear. The
three hours spent in the boat were great. A lot of bites and a
least a good catch.
I was quite
lucky with my catch (see the photo). Unfortunately we will not
have the chance to eat it, as we are leaving, but I am sure some
others will enjoy it this evening.
Well that's
it for our Arnhemland experience. If you have the opportunity
to do it one day, do it.
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