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We managed a swim in other waterholes and saw some amazing rock art, dating between 2 and 6 thousand years old. Dozens of sites with them, in quite inaccessible places. Australian aboriginals are the oldest surviving culture on the planet that can still practice their culture and original language . They
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Some of the highlights. We were taken to a bush centre where an aboriginal, now named Manuel, born into a tribe, taught us how to light a fire with two sticks ( I got a certificate for it!) , paint an aboriginal animal using traditional techniques and throw a spear. It was
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A long drive to a water hole, claimed to be safe from crocs, so we got ready to swim and at the water's edge a small group of families had just spotted a croc swimming the length of the hole! So that was that.
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Starting from the Mary wetlands, to the Yellow River, where we cruised in the crocodile infested waters and observed the water buffalo from a safe distance
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Our first day took all 16 of us, from Darwin at 30Deg C (!), in a 'luxury' 4 wheel drive through Palmerston , toward Tumbling Waters, to Wangi falls, where some swam, (we were too terrified of crocs!), Florence Falls with a large group near the falls,We saw Cathedral
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At last an internet connection and a way of reducing pic size by emailing them to me! We started in Darwin, Mantra hotel on the waterfront, on Saturday 21st September, which I have manually adjusted to be this blog date. Several monuments on the waterfront to WWII. Houses of Parliament
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The operation is all behind me and the current weak right leg issues all predate the operation, but may have (unknowingly at the time) been caused by the aneurysm. The leg is much better now after some -necessarily painful-massaging by Mary. I am off all medications except aspirin. So
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Over a one-night stay with cousin John and Penny in Blackheath, we visited this historic house, about 150 years old, with some friends of theirs from their schooldays. The place has been upgraded for tourist information, including hologram presentations and audios describing the harsh punishments meted out to prisoners
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The whole family spent a week at a large resort at Huskisson, Jervis bay, south of Sydney, just before Christmas. All self-catering cabins.A week of excellent weather and a lot of time on the beach Michael took us out on his new inflatable 'Nifty' and Craig
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5 days at a cabin/camp site on Jervis Bay, right by the sea, with all the family. We met a couple of young women on the each who were trying paddleboarding for the first time--one of them picking it up sooner than the other!
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With soaring temperatures , water is the only option. In Alision and Craig's pool and then a 'fashion shoot' of the 4 kids on the beach, showing their look-alike-Turkish towels .
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For those who are wondering, the image is of Caryl playing a game called 'pigs' which is hilarious, but does have a scoring system. We also played a Finnish game called Finska --an aerial shot from the balcony, of Alison and Craig's home. Margot bathed her