"Sweetheart" the crocodile, a local legend standing in at a mere 5.7 meters. *He was notorious for trying to eat the boats, and contents, of local fishermen on the Darling River, so the parks deptartment captured him to take him to captivity and he died in the process.
Yugir Falls, Litchfield National Park.
During "The Dry" you can swim in the pool, but not during "The Wet" because of crocs. 
Darwin beach at low tide. Can't swim this time of year because of the stingers (a.k.a. deadly jellyfish).
Magnetic termite mounds, Litchfield NP. This was pretty incredible. There's fields of hundreds of these termite mounds and they all face north to south. It has the look of a perfectly N-S aligned cemetary.
* Scientists aren't exactly sure why, but the main theory is to regulate temperature. In the morning, when it's cooler, the broad east side has the full light on it to warm it up. At dead noon and in the hottest parts of the day with the sun directly overhead, the mound is only receiving partial sunlight to keep it cooler. And again in the evening, the west side receives full light to keep it warm. Sweet, eh?
Cathedral Termite Mound, Litchfield NP*3 meters of of grass, termite lugees/spit, and feces. Yum! The termites that make these eat only grass. The other type of termites that eat wood are responsible for didgeridoos! They hollow out entire tree trunks and branches and people hunt down the completely hollow ones to make the oh-so popular Australian instrument.
Estuarine Crocodile, a.k.a. a "salty"
*One of the crocs we saw on our one day Litchfield NP tour. Mike got this great picture.
Swimming hole in Litchfield.
*We got to swim three times in tropical pools and waterfalls on our one day tour to Litchfield NP. It was amazing, and at one with a 7 meter waterfall, it was pouring rain...a true wet season experience.
Mike holding a water python.
*Like other pythons, they aren't poisonous, they simply hug their prey to death...isn't that cute?
2 comments:
wow. where'd you see that Goanna!
You missed a good Vegas.
What are those stones? And is that a snake or what? It looks huge and very intimidating. Curious minds want to know. Did you get to swim in the pool below the falls or was there a danger of crocs ruining paradise?
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