Kakadu national park and Northern Territory, B & W shots, late October 2006

5 days in the stunning Kakadu national park on our way to Darwin...black and white photographs for a change.

If you didn't believe in the northern giants in the chronicles of Narnia, you can make out their faces on the cliff...

impressive 400 foot high cliffs surounding Jim Jim falls, one of the highlights of the trip...1h hiking through the river bed over boulders by a baking hot day to reach this unreal untouched place with no trace of civilisation around...this deep plunge pool (26m deep) with still waters as Jim Jim is one of the falls drying out in the dry (season).
when you free dive there (we had all the gear) you get by 18ish degrees at the surface down to 5 or 6 all of a sudden by about 10m deep...an amazing sensation and as you freeze up you can no longer move and have to head back to the surface!
Some rock climbing obviously...and jumping off the cliffs.

A stunning scenery all along.

first natives in Aussie.

Terrorism is everywhere...any stratagem is good to get rid of the flies!!!

B chilling out in a Hammock...

Finally the crew got on so well that from a week planned originally, we spent 2 weeks on the road plus 1 week in Darwin all together!
Loads of things happened, loads of stories but you'll have to wait up for my coming back ;-)
I could just write a book about this adventure...why not???

Crocodiles on the Adelaide river! Late October 2006

Crocodile jumping tour on the Adelaide River in Northern Territory...there in their natural environment, quite impressive, some of them up to 15 foot long!!!

Colony spiders, up to hundreds of specimens on the same web...not deadly though.

Fancy a dip???

Cairns- Darwin road trip, 10th October- 26th October 2006

A captivating image you don't see everyday...a guitar litteraly burning out!
It unfortunately snapped whilst we were traveling and we decided to set it on fire to get a few photos...silly??
Maybe, what were we to do with a guitar we couldn't fix in a car that was yet packed?
Flames are dancing around as if the instrument was playing for them, what a stunning harmony!

A classic in the middle of the outback, wine and candles, australian romance...

We left Cairns by the 10th of October, heading through the Savannah way (north route) towards Darwin.
You need a 4 wheel drive to hit the road that way as most of the route is unsealed...and that's the reason why most travellers head through the south route.
Another 4 wheel drive joined the crew which was finally composed by Steve (scottish), B (english, his girlfriend), Alex (scottish), Ouri (israeli), Diana (american, his girlfriend), and myself...
A wicked 16 day trip and 3000kms between Cairns and Darwin which would be a way too long to describe right now...although it'll be my pleasure when I'll catch up with you guys!

But being honest, and quite related to what I've experienced during the past 2 years travelling, it's something you've got to feel and can't really put in words...it's all about freedom which became rare nowadays in a westernised environment.

The camp site in the middle of freaking nowhere...

Kayaking on a dodgy river with kangaroos grazing around...

Steve and I chilling out.

Unexpected encounters...

A sand tornado, common phenomenon in Northern Territory.

The biggest croc ever recorded in Australia and its next victim...

Termites mounds everywhere!

Fancy a drink??

Funny road signs...

A wise man I've met on my way...

Feeling lucky???

"And this loneliness won't leave me alone..." (Otis Redding)

Swimming, snorkelling and free diving with reptiles...