northern territory
We have made it to the Northern Territory
Mt Connor the kids thought this was Ayers Rock (Uluru) but so
many people make the same mistake
Sunrise in front of Uluru it was freezing
It's a long way around the base of Uluru but we all made it (9.4kms)
One of the many colours of Uluru
After a sunrise you need a sunset
Front row seats for watching sunset over Uluru
The Olgas (Kata Tjuta)
Stephanie being clever on the jumping pilow
Tyler being acrobatic on the jumping pillow
Tyler and Stephanie found a new toy in Alice Springs a Goldwing
This is a PE class at the school of the air
This is what the students see when they "attend class" in front of their computer at home, the icons up the side are the students attending class and if they want to ask a question their icon appears on the screen "hand up"
The blacksmith at work at the Telegraph Station Alice Springs
Tyler having a swim in the Todd river
Tyler and Stephanie in a flight simulator at the Royal Flying Doctors
This is the first road train, made by Kurt Johannson
The sign at the bottom of this picture reads
"Pioneering motor coach travel The South Melbourne Football Club
(Sydney Swans) end of season trip to Wangaratta in 1946"
Sunset over the MacDonnell Ranges
Alice Springs sunset
Standley Chasm
Climbing in Standley Chasm
Ellery Creek Big Hole
Glen Helen Gorge the water behind us is a water hole in the dry Finke River
Meeting the locals. Whycliff Well is very well known for "Alien sightings"
The Daly Waters Pub well known for its entertainment and underwear
displayed on the walls
The oldest airport hanger in the Northern Territory at Daly Waters
Look at the way they catch their fish in the Territory this is a Barramundi
Floating down the hot springs in Mataranka the water was very warm
These are fruit bats in Katherine very noisy and VERY smelly
Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk Gorge)
Canoeing up Nitmiluk Gorge Tyler was lots of help (not)
Stephanie hard at work helping Dad row
Tyler worried Dad was going to leave him in the croc trap as bait
Adelaide River War Cemetary after Darwin was bombed in 1942
Charlie the water buffalo appeared in "Crocodile Dundee" when he was
alive that is
This is a Cathedral Termite mound it is huge
Wangi Falls
Tolmer Falls
Florence Falls
Buley rock holes
Swimming in Buley rock holes it was too cold for Tyler
Stephanie really enjoyed the butterfly house in Batchelor
She made a new friend
So did Mick
Making more new friends
Tyler made a new friend too this is a juvenile sea eagle
And more new friends well that is until the wallaby bit Tyler in the arm
We even found Nemo
Tyler says look at the size of that fish Mick says where is my fishing rod
The greenish fish are milk fish and the grey ones are diamond backed mullet
Look what I've got
Are you sure that tape wont fall off
Crocodile DunTyler
Do you think Tanya will like the new hav\nd bag I got her??
Bird life at Fogg dam
Spot the croc he is sitting behind the two storks
The water lillies are beautiful
A jacana walking on a lilly pad
Jumping Crocodiles keeping all arms and legs firmly tuck in the boat
They can jump over half their body length
This is a rock art painting of a thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) in
Kakadu who knows how far they once roamed
Turtle rock art
Over looking the wet lands from Ubirr (pronounced oobeer)
Us at Ubirr
More rock art meaning below
Don't touch the stones
The lightning man and his wife (man to the right)
Sunrise over Yellow waters lagoon
White bellied sea eagle at sunrise
This is the Victoria River
If you are wanting to see our trip in order we now go into WA
for a couple of days and then we head back to NT and on to QLD
We stopped at Dunmarra for one night and the NT Variety Bash
turned up as well and they took a ride in a parabuggy
it looked like fun
The roadtrains in the NT are huge 3 or 4 trailers long
More roadtrains
This roadtrain isn't quite as fast or thirsty
We are here Tyler and now we are turning left
The equiptment at the Barkley Homestead can do with a little maintenance
Podgy goes for a ride on the train at Barkley Homestead
Next stop Queensland
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