Month: August 2018

we didn’t know what to expect of kakadu and to be honest the drive there from darwin doesn’t really prepare you either. that road takes you through what seems pretty normal australian bush. the first hint at what’s to come is the mary river billabong. it’s pretty unusual in a couple of ways, and only…

once upon a time, in the not too distant past, yet sufficiently long ago so nobody around today needs to feel responsible, farmers in north queensland were in trouble. their sugar cane was not being consumed by people waiting to pay decent money for it, instead it was devoured by the despicable and above all…

natalie has finally found her most favourite place in australia. sure, it’s really hot here: even in winter (right now) the daytime temperature is a serious 33-34 degrees, we don’t even want to think about what it would be like in summer. at least it is not as humid as it would be during the…

that’s apparently the best they can do. ‘crocs have been known to move into this area undetected.’ should we be worried? ‘we patrol the area regularly and set traps.’ reassuring. ‘saltwater crocs are removed when detected.’ we certainly hope so. the whole ‘where the bloody hell are you’ slogan doesn’t go down quite as well…

not quite what snap rapped about in 1990 but we can safely assume the only reason for this unfortunate slip-up was that they were unaware of the great bowerbird (scientifically known as chlamydera nuchalis). bowerbirds are quintessentially australian: their lives revolve around their bower, which they spend practically all their time building, maintaining, improving and…