The Northern Territory

Amazing scenery, crocodiles, snakes, birds, waterfalls, bushwalks.....An amazing place and a great time to visit is just now in the Australian winter, the Top End's Dry season (still around 30°C).  We were even lucky enough to see Katherine show with rodeo as main atraction. Men and women really know how to ride horses around here. As we are sitting at the Darwin airport finishing our last Tim-Tams (the winning flavor is dark chocolate, Sarah we tried them all J), we think of our time here and how we will miss the mozzies (not really),  brekkys, thongs, lollies...but no worries we will be back J.  

Aboriginal culture is very present in the Territory

Darwin wharf great for a quick bite of seafood

the croc threat is very real

view from Ubirr in Kakadu National park

Cahill's crossing into Arnhem land (Aboriginal land for which you need a permit)

locals

bush fire

Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr

stunning views at Nourlangie rock

locals at Yellow water in Kakadu

calm waters make it easy to spot crocs

sunrise

 

outback roads

this was a friendly python

Katherine gorge

saw some snakes while bushwalking, fortunately none of them venomous

Kookaburra

another local

Edyth falls

the buffalo from Crocodile Dundee

Litchfield National Park

Coockatoo

croc burger anyone?

we had our own little private camping site

with private waterfall and swimming hole

Wangi Falls

Cathedral termite mounds

Sydney and the Blue Mountains

We were lucky to have met a Sara W on our trip in Argentina, not only is she loads of fun, she also invited us to stay with her and her flatmates in Sydney and we had a great time. The main pint of interst being the iconic Opera House and even Katja enjoyed the 'architectural' tour. We will have to come back in summer to head to the famed beaches.

Just a 1,5 hour train ride away from Sydney are spectacular Blue Mountains (world heritage site), named so after the eucalyptus trees oil which really makes them look blue in the sunlight. Visiting our very first friend we made on this trip was so much fun. We met Sarah F (great girl) while trekking in Brazil (Chapada Diamantina) and we did some bushwalking together here. Blue mountains reminded us very much of Chapada in Brasil.  This time our cook wasn't Puma but Sarah definetly mached up:) We even learned how to properly eat TimTams (chocolate cookies with some filling inside).

view of the Opera from the Royal Botanical gardens
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..and up close
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the inside of concert hall, made by Sydney architects
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Sydney Harbour bridge
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Sydney fish market
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˝s prstom po zemljevidu˝

Darling Harbour

Hyde park
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Aboriginal art

with Sara and her flatmates

one of the many graffitis at Bondi beach
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if you don't surf you can ice skate :) on Bondi beach
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we met up with Fiona and Dominic again and walked to Coogee beach
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ferry to Manly

Manly beach

with Sarah in the lovely Blue Mountains
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the three sisters
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don't want to go out into the ˝waterfall shower˝ :))
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the waterfalls going up because the wind was so strong!
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national pass walk was amazing

loved your scones Sarah!!!!