This is Doc, a little rescue dog that now lives happily with Bernie and Penny, who work at the Batchelor Park over the Dry season. His name is derived from the Fremantle ‘Dockers’ football team, of which Penny is an avid supporter.
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The Territory finally was able to celebrate the day they received self-governance, after long delays due to Covid 19 restrictions. For most people, Territory Day means you get to set off fireworks.…
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So, what do I do when I look up and see a snake? Usually, I am pretty interested, and the first thing I think of is getting a photo. But there are…
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Well, a bit more than three years, really, but three years on the road came and went with barley a whimper, due to this insidious pandemic, which has affected the lives of…
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My wonderful travels have been rather curtailed of late by this vile pandemic, which can turn the best laid travel plans on their head at a moments notice. But rest assured, I…
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Just a few before and after photos of the bushland around Batchelor after the local prescribed burns.
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The Dry season is the burning season in northern Australia. In fact, it seems every little scrap of bush up here is reduced to smoking ash, all in the name of prescribed…
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It’s hard to believe I have been in the NT for 6 months already. Some of that is due to the current lockdown issues of course, but it is not all bad.…
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I am still sitting in Batchelor, where I have been for a couple of months now and we seem to have had a better Wet than in Darwin, which is only 100km…
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Over Christmas and New Year, I decided to make some changes to my website, so you may notice it looks a bit different than it used to. The main reason for this…