Fog Dam

The Fog Dam reserve is famous for its bird life, but where there are birds there are crocodiles. The pic shows a little croc swimming near the dam wall. Walking across the dam wall is not allowed, penalty is you will be eaten by a big croc, no court of appeal either.

There were hundreds of birds there, lots of magpie geese, egrets, ibis, various waders and we also saw a Jabiru.

The Darwin Royal is over, some good dogs there and a few qualifications too. Tomorrow I go to Singapore for dog trials and Kathy will be showing Hannah. We start back home next week.

Marlows Lagoon

The pic shows the view of Marlows Lagoon at Palmerston. When I lived here it was a bush camping place accessible only by a dirt track in dry weather, now it is a huge recreation park with a dog area that is second to none. We took the Tollers, and 3 more, to give them a run. If I get time I will put a video of the 5 of them in the lagoon.

We have been visiting the local dog clubs, and have been made very welcome.

The next few days will be spent relaxing, sight seeing and visiting old friends here in Darwin.

Darwin

Last night we stayed at the Adelaide River show grounds. Lots of people there and we got the last powered site for the night. The Tollers were the talk of the park when we walked them, everyone wanting to know about them.

The pic shows the view from the Dunmarra road house caravan park where we stayed on Tuesday. Very outback, no phones, no TV only the bush.

We have set up for the next few weeks close to Darwin, in the Coolalinga Caravan Park just up the road from the Fred's Pass dog club ground so we are handy for the dog trials tomorrow night.

Tennant Creek

We are at Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory where it is warm. Shorts are in, jeans are out and the skylights are open all night.

So far the dogs are coping well. Hannah has 78 points towards her title, and Tiffany has GD title, and they are enjoying the warmer weather.

I checked on the site marker that ripped the doors of the Navara last time we were here, and it does not show any signs of the incident.

We will be in Darwin probably on Thursday, so we have a couple of days to get there.