Thursday, April 1, 2010

Another quiet day today, catching up on things that need to be done. Did a bit of tourist stuff this morning as we went for a cruise on the Alligatoir river to see the jumping crocodiles. This was really cool. The tour guide likened the boat to a Mr Whippy van for crocodiles. Unlike the cruise in Kakadu where the crocs hide and are quite difficult to see, on this trip they know that the sound of the boat means an easy feed. As soon as the boat goes into their territory, out the come to see what is on offer.

The boat crew have large rods with lumps of meat attached and when the crocs come out the meat is dmagled into the water and then lifted up out of reach. Their natural instinct is to jump for the food which is very spectacular.

The rest of the day was spent getting the bikes serviced (we have done over 5000km since the last one 2 weeks ago) and catching up on washing. Wer also had to stock up a little on food as tomorrow being Good Friday may make it a little hard to get anything to eat.

Tomorrow we plan to take a trip out to Litchfield Natioanl Park which is an easy day trip from Darwin and according to the local Ulysses members is well worth a visit.

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