Northern
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Northern
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Going
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GOing
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GOING
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GONE!
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This
photograph was taken through a window on the lower level of the boat.
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Giving
the term "Dining-out" a whole new meaning. These
crocs are a swimming appetite.
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A
couple of the hawks that followed the boat up and down the river looking
for scraps.
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Tourists, bait, or both? During the pre-cruise briefing the crew told the tourists the following, "If you fall into the river, you can be absolutely guaranteed that nobody will jump into rescue you" |
Birds and Flowers in and around Darwin
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| Walking tour of King's Canyon |
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A
background briefing.
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Looking
back and making sure that nobody is left behind.
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On
a ridge.
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A
bird on the ridge.
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Looking
towards the end of a branch of the canyon.
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Looking
back down the other way. The tree on the left is in both photos.
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A
tree growing in the middle of nowhere.
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Not exactly sure which end is up with this plant. |
A
tourist in the way of the scenery.
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The
staircases are a way of channelling tourists through the canyon and minimizing
any environmental degradation.
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Down
the staicase into the canyon. The staircase on the other side is for another
route though the canyon and on the other side of the river.
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A
significant drop-off!
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From
the looking down at the waterfall towards the end of canyon.
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Further
along the rim of the canyon, and looking down at the end of a staircase.
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Down
in the canyon at the foot of the waterfall.
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Looking
back a the ledge were the previous photograph was taken from. Two people
are sitting on the ledge.
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| Ayers Rock (Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park) |
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Uluru
(Ayers Rock) just before sunset.
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Sunrise.
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Rushhour
on the Rock.
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The
path to the top.
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| The Olgas (Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park) |
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Sunset
behind The Oglas.
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The
morning sun's shadow moves from The Olgas towards the camera located 26
km away on Ayers Rock.
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The
path leading towards The Olgas from the parking lot.
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Small
caves dot the face of the the Olgas.
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Anywhere
where there is arable soil and some water things grow.
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A
small stream flowing over the rocks towards a pond.
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The
Olgas predate life on earth, there are no insect or dinosaur skeletons.
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Drinking
water? Any rain that lands on the roof of the shelter is channelled into
the cistern for public use.
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The
Olgas from a distance.
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By
moving closer and changing lens bushes can be seen growing in soil in
crevices.
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The
same scene using a 50mm lens.
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Now
using a 200mm lens.
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