I know, I know, I go there a lot. Today was great with us seeing this goanna on the side of the road. I fell down and now have a pain in the ........
Then we went along the Dam wall and saw the usual birds but special today was seeing a couple of Jabiru and a crocodile.
Saw these ducks,
which is something we don't see in great numbers. There were plenty of magpie geese though. Coming back,just past Window on the Wetland I spotted another Jabiru.It flew away so I walked down a bit,
only to see this big crocodile, perhaps 3 metres long, just down the side of the road!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Pleasant Saturday evening........
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Tropical night
Sunday, June 18, 2006
A new acquaintance checks out the food in Darwin
As I have said before, the Road Kill Cafe at Mindil Beach market is interesting,
their motto "You kill it we will grill it!"
I escorted an Alice Springs student,Jeanette to the Mindil Beach market.As it turned out,
Jeanette is a longtime friend and workmate of my Adelaide friend Terry.
Its a small world or talk about six degrees of separation!!
their motto "You kill it we will grill it!"
I escorted an Alice Springs student,Jeanette to the Mindil Beach market.As it turned out,
Jeanette is a longtime friend and workmate of my Adelaide friend Terry.
Its a small world or talk about six degrees of separation!!
Ten Canoes
Thanks to Jessie and Rod ,I was able to go to the Darwin launch of the new Rolf De Heer film, "Ten Canoes."
Quoting the film's website
Ten Canoes
"It is the distant past, tribal times. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil, son of the great David Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong.
In English storytelling (by David Gulpilil) and subtitled Ganalbingu language, this is a film unlike any you have ever seen." To see a trailer click here
(This photo of Jamie Gulpilil from the site.)
The launch was great, held in a multiplex in Darwin with actually 3 theatres opened for the crowd. Rolf De Heer introduced some of the crew.
This is David Gulpilil arriving.
and here with wife and friends.
It was a fun night with a great crowd, I chatted with Sharyn and Elaine from Framed Gallery and their friends.
This is Val,Rod and Jessie who invited me to attend.
and this is myself with Val, a lifelong friend of Jessie's
from Launceston, Tasmania.
The after party was held at the
Northern Territory Parliament House.
This is Jamie Gulpilil who starred in the movie as Dayindi/Yeeralparil,
on the right at the after party
and with a younger friend!
and this is the coproducer and one of the stars, Richard Birrinbirrin (he played "Honeyman")
David was enjoying himself.
He encouraged the movie to be made
and whilst he did not appear in the movie, his was the storyteller's voice which was done with a lot of humour.
This was another one of the lead stars Crusoe Kurddall.
He played Ridjimiraril , a man with 3 wifes
Quoting the film's website
Ten Canoes
"It is the distant past, tribal times. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil, son of the great David Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong.
In English storytelling (by David Gulpilil) and subtitled Ganalbingu language, this is a film unlike any you have ever seen." To see a trailer click here
(This photo of Jamie Gulpilil from the site.)
The launch was great, held in a multiplex in Darwin with actually 3 theatres opened for the crowd. Rolf De Heer introduced some of the crew.
This is David Gulpilil arriving.
and here with wife and friends.
It was a fun night with a great crowd, I chatted with Sharyn and Elaine from Framed Gallery and their friends.
This is Val,Rod and Jessie who invited me to attend.
and this is myself with Val, a lifelong friend of Jessie's
from Launceston, Tasmania.
The after party was held at the
Northern Territory Parliament House.
This is Jamie Gulpilil who starred in the movie as Dayindi/Yeeralparil,
on the right at the after party
and with a younger friend!
and this is the coproducer and one of the stars, Richard Birrinbirrin (he played "Honeyman")
David was enjoying himself.
He encouraged the movie to be made
and whilst he did not appear in the movie, his was the storyteller's voice which was done with a lot of humour.
This was another one of the lead stars Crusoe Kurddall.
He played Ridjimiraril , a man with 3 wifes
Thursday, June 15, 2006
A lovely tropical night!
Sunday, June 11, 2006
June Long weekend
We had a great team gathering at Jayshree and Peter's home and this was a nice evening in balmy tropical conditions.
A lovely open space home and great garden surrounds. I got to wear my loudest shirt, a silk Indonesian one given to me by an Indonesian visitor several years ago.
On Saturday morning a trip to Parap Market with Pauline and her daughter Lindsey, then Fogg Dam.
Even though its the dry, its still a lovely spot with plenty of birdlife, in fact great flocks of egrets.
Great flocks of birds especially egrets, much smaller numbers of Royal Spoonbills.
As usual, the Rainbow Bee-eaters were enjoying feasting on dragonflies.
Then a trip to the Adelaide River for a Jumping Crocodile Cruise. This was the first time that I have done this.
I still don't like the idea of the spectacle, I would rather just enjoy the river and see them basking in the sun. Returned to Darwin in the early evening and tried to enjoy the Greek Festival Glenti, but it was packed out with people and big queues for food so went Irish instead!
A lovely open space home and great garden surrounds. I got to wear my loudest shirt, a silk Indonesian one given to me by an Indonesian visitor several years ago.
On Saturday morning a trip to Parap Market with Pauline and her daughter Lindsey, then Fogg Dam.
Even though its the dry, its still a lovely spot with plenty of birdlife, in fact great flocks of egrets.
Great flocks of birds especially egrets, much smaller numbers of Royal Spoonbills.
As usual, the Rainbow Bee-eaters were enjoying feasting on dragonflies.
Then a trip to the Adelaide River for a Jumping Crocodile Cruise. This was the first time that I have done this.
I still don't like the idea of the spectacle, I would rather just enjoy the river and see them basking in the sun. Returned to Darwin in the early evening and tried to enjoy the Greek Festival Glenti, but it was packed out with people and big queues for food so went Irish instead!
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Liam and Treanne's House-warming
A lovely evening in a tropical setting at Liam and Treanne's house-warming. The dress suggestion for the cocktail party was formal so it was great fun dressing up.
This is our hosts:
The ladies loved vamping it up!
The stylish clothes were great to see, normally people dress very casually In Darwin.
Even I dressed up, should have had my jacket on!
Pauline's daughter with Jessie and Pauline.
Pauline arrived late so had some catchingup to do with the cocktails (only joking!!)
Peta and Pierre:
John and Jill:
More of the library crew:
This is our hosts:
The ladies loved vamping it up!
The stylish clothes were great to see, normally people dress very casually In Darwin.
Even I dressed up, should have had my jacket on!
Pauline's daughter with Jessie and Pauline.
Pauline arrived late so had some catchingup to do with the cocktails (only joking!!)
Peta and Pierre:
John and Jill:
More of the library crew:
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