Category Archives: Northern Territory

Arnhem Land Revisited – medium format style

4X4, Arnhem Land, Australia, camera, Kakadu, Kakadu, Landscape, landscape, mountains, Northern Territory, NT, river/creeks, trees

The Doc took two cameras on the helicopter, including a Pentax 645Z Medium format camera. The Pentax gives massive files which The Doc can crop how he wishes. The files have eye watering details, not always appreciated when you can only post small images on a blog.

The Pentax renders very accurate colours, more so than the Canon 1DX which was the other camera used. These images are a very accurate representation on what you see from the helicopter.

To be precise, these images are from the West Arnhem Region.

Arnhem Land Revisited

Arnhem Land, Australia, camera, Kakadu, Kakadu, Landscape, landscape, mountains, Northern Territory, NT, river/creeks

Some images reprocessed from The Doc’s 4 day helicopter trip around Arnhem Land and Kakadu in 2017. It was a great trip. Click on an image to see the slideshow. Enjoy.

Darwin Big Bus trip images

Australia, landscape, Northern Territory, ocean,

A few images from the recent Big Bus trip around Darwin.

Sitting on a park bench about 2 meters away from several red tailed black cockatoos feeding was special.

Madagascan boababs

Australia, flowers, macro, Northern Territory, Plant, trees

On the recent visit to the Northern Territory, The Doc visited the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens. The Botanic Gardens have a large selection of boababs trees from Madagascar. Here is selection of 4 species.

Bullo River Cruise

4X4, Australia, AWC, Bullo River Station, Bullo River Station, camera, clouds, Landscape, Northern Territory, Plant, river/creeks, trees

At the recent AWC Supporter Event at Bullo River Station we had small groups doing guided tours along the Bullo River, with a cold breakfast supplied (fresh fruit, quiche, yogurt, nuts, freshly squeezed OJ and muffins).

A few images are below. Click on an image to see a slideshow at full size. Enjoy the beauty of God’s creation.

The Doc is still writing the longer Bullo report.

Exploring Bullo River Station: a journey to the Victoria Bonaparte Bio Region

Australia, Bullo River Station, Kimberley, landscape, NT, Uncategorised

The Doc is flying out to Darwin today. Next stop Bullo River Station, where Australian Wildlife Conservancy is hosting a Supporter’s Event, starting Wednesday. Thankfully AWC provides a high level of support, if needed.

Bullo River Station is near the headwaters of the Victoria River close to the Northern Territory and Western Australian border, sometimes called the Eastern Kimberleys. More accurately it is the Victoria Bonaparte Bio Region (named after the Victoria River and the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, into which the Victoria River flows).

The Gulf is part of the larger Timor Sea. The Doc has not been this close to the coast in this part of Australia before, another first. He has only ever been well south around Timber Creek, Kununurra and Wyndham.

The Victoria River flows into the eastern side of the little-known Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, while the 5 Rivers up Wyndham way feed into the Cambridge Gulf on the western side of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf.

Joseph Bonaparte was the older brother of the more famous Bonaparte.

Looking at satellite maps, there are many mud flats in this area, like Derby. Plenty of water in the wet season, plenty of mud down the river systems and mud flats everywhere! Plus, gorges, crocs and vegetation like the Kimberley.

It is nice to finally get away from all the intense rehab and treatment over the last 9 months. Upon my return The Doc needs to pick up the Vista RV Crossover hybrid van. Then more visits to Specialists and then, he hopes, to start traveling more widely again.

The above image was generated using AI, but The Doc hopes to make his own images during the visit.

EDIT: Now in Darwin and ready to fly out to Bulloo River Station tomorrow morning.

Telopea – Shady Lady

Australia, flowers, Landscape, macro, Mt Annan, Northern Territory, Plant, Textures, Uncategorised

The original Shady Lady is red like many waratahs. In this image you have three flowers in different stages of development, the bud, emerging flower from the bud and the fully formed flower, but not yet fully open. Single image, flash diffuser used.

Kakadu & Arnhem Land waterfalls

Arnhem Land, Australia, clouds, Kakadu, Kakadu, Landscape, landscape, mountains, Northern Territory, NT

The Doc had a very good response to the last sets images. So he reviewed more photos from his 4 day helicopter trip around Kakadu and Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. It has been almost 3 years since that trip but the images bring back wonderful memories.

The theme this time is waterfalls, some famous like Jim Jim Falls and others nameless. All with good water flow after the wet season.

A second instalment on gorges and rivers will follow. Nick, the helicopter pilot, is in one of the images. The next set of images will have the trusty steed, the Robinson R44 helicopter!

Arnhem Land escarpment

Arnhem Land, Australia, Landscape, mountains, Northern Territory, NT, Uncategorised

There is a massive escarpment in Arnhem Land that divides most of Arnhem Land up on the plateau from the smaller coastal part. Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls are examples of water flowing off the escarpment in Kakadu National Park. It is rarely shown.

During my helicopter trip over Arnhem Land and Kakadu I flew along the escarpment. Here are some images, the escapement is HUGE (especially in a helicopter about 100m away.)