I’m always looking for places to go in the Top End region, new places to explore and photograph. I was recently looking for some information on Maguk (or Barramundi Gorge) in Kakadu National Park and although could find the basics from the Parks Australia website – http://www.parksaustralia.gov.au/kakadu/ – I found it difficult to find “real…
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Edith Falls – the final day of the Jatbula Trail
We ended our 6 day walk with the final 5km down from Sweetwater Pools to Edith Falls. Edith Falls was a welcome site at the end of the walk – it’s probably one of my favourite swimming/relaxing spots in the Top End! It also has great hot showers and flushing toilets, and this year the…
Jatbula Trail – Part 3
Day 4 was the big day on the Jatbula trail – 17km. The walk was broken up in to two chunks, 12km and 5km with a stop at Edith River crossing after the first 12km. We got through the first 12km a supersonic speed and arrived at Edith River crossing when we thought we still…
Jatbula Trail – Part 2
Day 2 was a longer day than the first, travelling across the top of the escarpment. This day ended at Crystal Falls as the campground, although we actually didn’t see any “falls” until the walk the following morning. This beautiful creek was our home for the night, with our tent pitched right next to the…
Jatbula Trail – Part 1
I’ve just returned from a hike in the Katherine region known as the Jatbula trail – a combined photo-trip/remote camping getaway! This walk is the first multi-day bush walk I’ve done in years and the first one my partner had ever done. The first thing I have to say about the Jatbula is that it…
Gunlom Infinity Pools, Kakadu National Park
Last weekend was a public holiday here in the Northern Territory, and due to our light rain levels this year the Kakadu rangers and road-workers managed to get the awesome Gunlom pools open to visitors! My partner and I headed out there on it’s opening night, and camped for a couple of days enjoying the…
PHOTO ESSAY | A quick trip to Katherine!
I am travelling overseas for six weeks, leaving on Sunday. By the time I return to Darwin, the wet season will be well and truly over and we’ll be in to the start of another awesome dry season! Mindil Beach markets will be back on, and life will be hectic for another season. So, I…
Photo of the day | Beautiful but deadly?
A branch-i-licious bolt from tonight’s storm.
Photo of the day | Purple Haze
Tonight’s sunset from Darwin’s Lameroo Beach:
TIPS | Photographing Darwin’s waterfalls | PART 1
The country surrounding Darwin has more than its fair share of waterfalls. Our landscape is patterned with rivers and rapids, gorges and escarpment. Our landscape goes through extreme seasonal changes: whilst our waterfalls are perfect for a refreshing dip in the dry season (as long as they are crocodile free, of course), they become a…