Well I’ve been back for a week or so now and just about stopped grinning.. what a trip!
Being a kiwi (they’ve adopted me) a trip to the Northern Territory is pretty easy, flying to Melbourne and then upto Darwin. Rifle paperwork was a bit of a stress but all came together well.
The trip had been a long time in the plan with my good friend Chris. Unfortunately he had to drop out due to work issues two days before we were due to leave. We’d also already roped in one of NZ’s foremost taxidermists David Jacobs to come along for a holiday….
Frantic phone calls two days out meant that we were to be joined by Jarred a good friend who lives in my village. He’d managed to swing the last minute time off of work and Walkabout Safaris had managed to get the online firearms licence approved by NT police in 12 hours!
An easy transit in Melbourne where all the paperwork was in order, I even got a complimentary walking boot clean, and we were off to Darwin…
We landed at midnight and were met at the airport at 6am by Stephen and his assistant Ron. A quick stop off at Bunnings for David to get some supplies and we were off to the Murgenella Flood plains.
Camp wasn’t on the flood plains but rather a short drive away on the coast…
Being a kiwi (they’ve adopted me) a trip to the Northern Territory is pretty easy, flying to Melbourne and then upto Darwin. Rifle paperwork was a bit of a stress but all came together well.
The trip had been a long time in the plan with my good friend Chris. Unfortunately he had to drop out due to work issues two days before we were due to leave. We’d also already roped in one of NZ’s foremost taxidermists David Jacobs to come along for a holiday….
Frantic phone calls two days out meant that we were to be joined by Jarred a good friend who lives in my village. He’d managed to swing the last minute time off of work and Walkabout Safaris had managed to get the online firearms licence approved by NT police in 12 hours!
An easy transit in Melbourne where all the paperwork was in order, I even got a complimentary walking boot clean, and we were off to Darwin…
We landed at midnight and were met at the airport at 6am by Stephen and his assistant Ron. A quick stop off at Bunnings for David to get some supplies and we were off to the Murgenella Flood plains.
Camp wasn’t on the flood plains but rather a short drive away on the coast…
