2019 June Journeys

June - starting to get cold.  Night-time star shots of the Milky Way, flight to Adelaide, Ghan to Darwin, back home end of June.

1st June I joined with 3 others for a Milky Way photography workshop at Orroral Homestead.  Despite the forecast for a clear night, clouds rolled in for the first two hours of darkness.

Milky Way through the cloud

Orroral Homestead with a shooting star

Orroral Homestead

Core of the Milky Way

On one of my morning walks, a flock of Crimson Rosellas came down to drink and bathe

16/17/18 June were aboard the Ghan travelling from Adelaide to Darwin.

Ghan carriages at Adelaide

Southern Flinders Ranges near Port Pirie (moving Ghan)

Dawn coffee/tea and egg and bacon rolls at Marla

At Marla

Gathered around the fires

We had a four hour stop-over in Alice Springs where a number of activities were on offer.  We opted to visit the Alice Springs Desert Park. A worthwhile visit.

Australian Bustard

Thorny Devils

Hidden goanna

Barn Owl

Boobook Owl

Wild Black Kite seeing if any food on offer

Alice Springs Railway Station

Ghan carriages

Two locomotives were used to pull the Ghan

Finke River Crossing

 Another stopover at Katherine where we opted to take a short helicopter flight over the 13 Katherine gorges (Nitmiluk).

 Spent 10 days in Darwin but not able to get around a lot because of a pinched nerve in one leg.  A massive bushfire burns east of Darwin, bringing smokey skies each day.

Mindil Beach Markets - Darwin

Pandanus - Holmes Jungle Park

Infra-red up through the trees

Bush Stone Curlews - Dripstone Park

Rainbow Bee-eater at Dripstone Park

Infra-red of Lee Point Beach

Bushfire Sunset - a big fire burning in Kakadu and the smoke blanketed Darwin the whole time we were there

From East Point

Waterfall in George Brown Botanic Gardens

Rufous Owl sleeping in the George Brown Botanic Gardens