I did not take any pictures while in Darwin or Katherine... It was just to hot and humid.
After a few days in Darwin I had enough, and departed for the West coast. Via Katherine and State Highway 1 to a small place called Kununurra. There was a very nice lake where I cruised around in my inflatable boat.. and almost sunk in an unexpected storm.

Somewhere along the road between Katherine and Kununurra.

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Lake Kununurra. These pictures are all taken from my boat.

Its a lake created by men, and there is a lot of wildlive
in it, including fresh water crocs. Its good swimming too!

Heaps of waterbirds... The crocs love them too.

And I did really swim here a lot, between the crocodiles,
they just get out of the way :)

And then, one day a storm broke loose just as I was
cruising on the big lake.

I just managed to take these pictures after I got to some
kind of shelter but a minute after this things got MUCH
worse, with visibility down to a few meters and my boat
filling up with rainwater to the point I could no longer use
the motor; it started to collapse the inflatable. I got only
just back to a place where I could heave the boat on a
shore to let the water drain out...

Now what is this? You'll never guess...

Its the eye of a fresh water crocodile, at night, taken
with maximum zoom and flash. But because I could not
see anything on the screen of my digital camera, I just
had to point in the general direction of the croc, and
hope I would catch it!  Have a look at the larger photo
by clicking in the small pic.

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