2018: Darwin Kakadu Broome Photo Gallery by Paul Dudley at pbase.com

2018: Darwin Kakadu Broome

Pictures taken during a "FunOver50" bus trip in Australia's "Top End."
Recommended! – well-planned itinerary, well run, good bus, good food, good accommodation, good company.
Click on an image in the slideshow or on one of the thumbnails below for a bigger picture & more info.
Click on "view map" under a picture to see where I was (sometimes a guess) when I took the picture.

0013: "Assimilated Warriors" by Karla Dickens	0015: "Custodian of the Blooms" by Brian Robinson	0022: Laurie Nona: Dhanalgaw Thamal (Cultural Shift)	0070: Sweetheart, one large crocodile	0071: Ancient rock art (1988) on fibreglass panel
0078: Darwin sunset	0090: Wangi Falls	0091: Wangi Falls	0085: Wangi Falls	0104: Florence Falls
0119: Dragonfly	0128: Termite mounds	0131: Termite mound	0133: Brutus the Saltie	0136: This buffalo enjoys human attention
0146: Magpie geese	0149: Albino buffalo	0152: Turkey Bush	0154: Wallaby in rock shelf	0504: Art gallery / rock shelter
0161: Ancient Rock Art	0160: Depiction of barramundi in rock art	0162: Guide at Ubirr	0166: Depiction of thylacine	0181: Cahill's Crossing
0186: Our multi-talented driver and an important sign	0189: Indigenous art on display in hotel	0201: "Stone country"	0206: Natural sandstone rock arch	0208: East Alligator River in the distance
0218: East Alligator River	0227: East Alligator River	0237: Billabong in the flood plain	0239: East Alligator River	0256: Grevillea
0259: Entrance to Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre	0262: Our best view of a real saltie's teeth	0268: Water lilies	0279: Magpie goose	0292: Jabiru stork on nest
0307: Crocodile among the lilies	0319: Darter	0349: Yellow Waters Flood Plain	0575: Jabiru feeding	0577: Jabiru
0360: Relics of gold-mining days	0366: Swimming spot on the Edith River	0379: Edith Falls, a place for jumping off rocks.	0412: Gum blossom	0413: Katherine River Gorge
0431: Katherine River Gorge	0434: Between the First and Second Gorges	0597: Between the First and Second Gorges	0485: Right-angle bend in the gorge	0493: Freshwater Crocodile
0507: Another "freshie," about to disappear.	0537: Boab trees	0720: Three galahs	0726: One galah	0618: Backwater on Lake Kununurra
0624: White-bellied sea eagle	0631: From a boat on Lake Kununurra	0008: Freshwater crocodile leaving	0013: Are cormorants this colour?	0020: Lake Kununurra (really Ord River)
0026:	0042:	0047:	0066:	0075: Six layers – how many million years?
0085: Little sharp teeth	0088: Another way to travel the Ord	0091: The Argyle Dam Wall	0092: Argyle Dam Wall	0093: A modest power station
0094: Fun over 50 leaving the Osprey	0099: Looking downstream from the top of the dam	0743: Lake Argyle	0748: Lake Argyle	0755: Osmond Range
0762: First look at the Bungle Bungles	0763: Narrow gorges among the "beehives"	0764: Narrow gorges among the "beehives"	0768: Where the Bungles meet the flat country	0769: Piccaninny Gorge
0772: A lot of Bungles and Piccaninny Creek	0774: Aviair pilot	0776: "Purnululu International Airport"	0779: Looking south from over the Bungle Bungles	0783: Looking south from over the Bungle Bungles
0785: Maze	0790: Piccaninny Gorge	0795: Southern edge of the Bungle Bungles	0800: Rock pools and flowing water	0802: Living quarters at Argyle diamond mine
0807: Argyle Diamond Mine	0810: Osmond Range and Lake Argyle	0816: Osmond Range and Lake Argyle	0819: Osmond Range and Lake Argyle	0826: Ord River Irrigation Area
0833: Kununurra from the air	0845: On the road	0854: From a bus window	0866: Tons of crushed rock with the odd diamond on a conveyor	0873: All of this for a few diamonds!
0878: Our guide at the diamond mine	0881: Conveyor	0883: There are diamonds in there	0886: On display and for sale	0887: Two of the largest diamonds found at Argyle. (Replicas?)
0913: Visiting calf, departing bird	0927: Ngumban Cliff	0932: Trees in landscape	0946: Vertical grooves made by rainwater	0947: The colours show the flood level
0948. Erosion over millions of years	0949: Freshwater crocodile	0951: Geike Gorge	0954: Ah! Those reflections!	0955: North Wall
0957: This colour is under flood level	0960: Geikie Reflections	0959: Banded gorge wall	0659: Late afternoon sun	0963: River Terrace
0967: Survivor	0976: Looks like Antactica!	0973: Pandanus	00671: Bizarre rock formations	0978: Something like stalactites
0986: Geike Gorge at its best	0999: Gorge in sunset mode	0997: Sandbanks for crocodiles	0677: Best reflections	1022: Reflections of sunlit cliffs
0678: Tangled reflections	1028: Freshwater crocodile	1040: How we travelled	1051: Inspecting the interior of a very large boab tree	1055: Derby wharf at high tide
1056: Frangipani outside our lunch stop	1060: Temptations for tourists	1061: We didn't go here	1066: For lots of thirsty cattle	1068: There's a pearl in there
1072: Damper recipe	1073: Not your ordinary oysters	1078: Egret	1089: Some of us could see the crocodile	1096: Old diving helmets on display
1097: Traditional decoration on pearl shell	1098: Telling the story of pearling in Broome	1102: Many of them were divers for pearls	1104: Graves of Japanese	1110: Plaque at entrance to cemetery
1113: Well-behaved camels being taken to Cable Beach	1126: Shadows of north-heading camels	1136: Shadows of south-heading camels	1148: The $15 picture of us two

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joseantonio		03-Jun-2018 04:23
amazing images of that interesting area. I visited Kakadu a long, long time ago.V.

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