Darwin Sailing Club Friday night...

Well it was Friday night, what better than to have a meal with my son at the DSC.
Sunset was glorious of course. Also I have now uploaded over 2000 photos to my digital album at Flickr.com

Bush Thick-knee/Bush Stone Curlews at ANU facillity

As I went to my car park tonight I saw this Curlew. I had my cameras with me and got a few shots.He started to hiss at me and it was then that I realised he was protecting his mate on the nest quite a distance away from where I saw him.





The natural camouflage makes them hard to spot

A slight detour on the way home ...to Fogg Dam

There is not a lot of water at Fogg Dam right now but still lots of bird life




This Tarpon met up with Darter which swam for quite a while with it speared through its beak.

Mamukala Wetlands

A place I have sometimes missed and regretted is Mamukala Wetlands so I made sure we stopped there soon after leaving Jabiru. The late dry/early buildup to the wet is the best time and we were not disappointed here either.

Ubirr

We took a late afternoon trip to Ubirr, saw some of the rock paintings and watched for a while as the sun set over the flood plains.

The Yellow Waters Cruise a must....

I was delighted that for our 0645 cruise we had Team Leader Michael, who always gives a great commentary and was not disappointed.

A brief sojourn to Kadadu National Park

With Barbara in Darwin for some training last week we took the opportunity for a quick visit this week to the Kakadu National Park, especially the Yellow Waters cruise at Cooinda and then a trip to the aboriginal rock art at Ubirr. The bird life was stunning and there were very many crocodiles.