This archive resulted from two contiguous adventures in the far North of Australia in June July 2008. Each adventure will be located in a separate Galleria, one centered in the Kakadu and one on the Gibb River Road Darwin to Broome. Decided to call the latter Kimberley.
This is big country, at times hot, can be very cold in the desert at night , and sometimes wet and monsoonal.
We made over four thousand kilometers in just over three weeks.
For those of us who are unaware of the locations there are a few Google Earths to help out. Primarily they are as aids memoire to set the scene, an overview perhaps. Use our Googles as templates and set a personal Google live to follow the photography as the tale unfolds.
The Intro Google shows the entire North of OZ, Darwin is in the middle with the triangle of Kakadu right below it. There is a pin marked Foot Prints over to the left hand side of the Google. Pinned on Broome this marks the end of the road and a string of Dinosaur foot prints we will show you later on. So do come back.
Endless photography from vehicles is dreary so we have dropped a hard hand on the edit button.
What is the best thing ? Too hard to say. Every day sends its own message. We picked up a Camping Vehicle in Darwin for Kakadu, and filled it with food and booze . Made us independent of accommodations which are expensive and we could sleep and eat when the mood took us. Kakadu is mostly all tar sealed roads so a FWD truck was not mandatory. And since we camped right on the sights we were able to plug in easily with a bit of research and the mobile. Where we needed a FWD we teamed up with a local driver to take us in for the day.
Not so Darwin to Broome. Much longer, very little tar on the Gibb River Road and none up to the Mitchell Falls and The Arafura, so we went with David Mobbs and his Sacred Earth Safaris. http://www.sacredearthsafaris.com.au/ What a brilliant choice of Kaz' that was. Dave would put the dogs on me for calling him a Chef. Bush cook doesn't even touch the edges. To see slabs of barramundi as thick as your wrist coming off the fire cooked en papillotte is a sight given to very few. And then to have to eat it. Maaaate.
Any way, go see for your self. For the moment there will be two Gallerea in gestation, Kakadu and Kimberley, there may be a third for Broome since it's a very special place.. We shall see.
Editors Note;
1) The Barramundi ( vernacular "the Barra" ) is the worlds most tasty fish. Dave Mobbs gets his caught by the Local Darwin Lads out by the islands and it beats the scales off what we get down south.
2) There is a fair swag of work, about half of Kakadu and Kimberley loaded up to April 2009.
Remainder to follow as time and chance allow.
Enjoy
3) The photography on Norde is at higher resolution than we normally use on Rusticana. You will find the images larger and a little slower to load and we hope better for it .
