Yellow Water - photo essay

Last July, as part of our family trip to the Northern Territory, we visited Kakadu National Park, which is on World Heritage listed (for many reasons). It's in the tropical monsoonal area, so we visited during the dry season, but the incredible inland wetlands are still spectacular to visit. Yellow Water billabong (or Ngurrungurrudjba) at Cooinda is probably the most visited, with multiple boat trips running several times a day, but the place still feels incredibly pristine. The wildlife watching is incredible, with 30% of Australia's bird species represented in Kakadu, plus crocodiles and more.

But apart from that, the scenery was just spectacular, and I've spent a while trying to narrow down to some of my favourite photos (I would never have stopped if I'd included my sister's photos too). These twenty were taken over two days, and link to 1024x768 versions (the 400x300 don't really do the place justice *g*).

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Happy Birthday turps33, I hope you have a marvellous day! You are a lovely person who brings so much to fandom, and I'm glad I know you :D And belated-but-heartfelt birthday wishes to jewelianna and divafits, I hope you both had great days!

I'm attempting to edit the video we took at my cousin's wedding in January. I just can't figure out what to do with it, but it needs some tidying up and prettying up before I make a dvd for them (it's a bit stop/start and jumpy, I want to make it flow a bit better).

I'm not working this week (so far), but uni starts next week, so I must knuckle down and get shit done.
- Tidy room and wardrobe
- Edit wedding video
- enrol in classes (Tuesday)
- Take curtains to get drycleaned
- Dye hair
- rip first half of NCIS S1 from dvd (I've lost the avi files)
- buy textbooks etc
...I know there should be more on that list. Hmmm.

Also belatedly, thank you whoever you are for the love in svmadelyn's Valentine Day messages!