So our time in Australia was fast running out our flight in the middle of the afternoon was approaching fast.. The trip and been great fun and we had really appreciated our time in the Top End. We were not the only remnants of the post tour to be left at the Travelodge in Darwin, …
Due to flight dates and times we had to extend our time in Darwin by a day, which gave us time to go and explore. The morning we went and visited a few garden centres in the suburbs of Darwin. This was all by means of buying a day pass for the buses. The garden …
The last day of our tour in the Northern Territories and we woke in the heart of the Kakadu National Park. The plan for the day was to visit various sites in the park, Nourlangie with its rock art and then the Yellow River to see “Salties”. The day was also punctuated by me trying …
In the Katherine Gorges we took the 3 gorges tour, which meant we had to change boat twice on the way up and twice on the way back. The water level was to low to pass over the rapids between the gorges. The views were great with lots of information about the heritage of the …
Having had a comfortable night it was up early in the morning for breakfast and our departure for Gregory National Park to see the remarkable rock formation the aboriginal paintings and stands of Livistona Victoriae palm trees.
It was a long trip west from Katherine where we had spent the night but the scenery made up for it as we headed west. Jeff as always has stories to tell and great historical and nature information to share with us.
When we arrived at Gregory National park we were not disappointed the scenery kept getting better and better. With the palms we wanted to see high up under the escarpment which encircled us.
Taking water we all headed off climbing up to get a better look as these tall elegent palms.
About 2 hours later we were back at the bus and enjoying our picnic lunch when we realised that one of our number was missing… A quick search and we found that our friend had miss the turn in the path back to the bus and walked down the the main road before realising his mistake and making his way back to the bus. But all was well.
After the trip to Gregory it was time back to Katherine and on south for a late afternoon dip in the Mataranka Thermal Pool which is part of the Elsey National Park.
The water was great and just what was needed before our trip back to Katherine and our hotel for the night.
Leaving early from Darwin we were on the road to Litchfield National Park, but not before we headed quickly to Holmes Jungle Nature Park to look at a stand of Livistona Benthamii. After a short walk and having seen the palms we came to see we headed back to the bus and were soon on …
When the tour was put together the advised flight from Singapore to Darwin was an overnight flight with Jetstar Asia, and a lot of the group had not researched the alternative which I had found with SilkAir. Arriving at 5 am from the early flight the group were a little groggy but they arrive at …
So with the Conference over in Singapore it was time to move on the the Post Tour which was going to be held in Darwin, NT, Australia. So it was up early for, a quick trip to the Airport. The bus collected us from the hotel’s bus terminal in the basement and took us directly …
The last day of the Conference saw us visiting the historic Singapore Botanic Gardens. Once again we were greeted and introduced to the garden by the Director and the Curator of Palms. Then were were taken on a walking tour of the gardens seeing many highlights. The gardens were beautifully laid out and showed a …
The Palm Society Biennial picked up again with a day at the Gardens by the Bay. We had a gentle walk over from the hotel to garden where we were welcomed by the Director and then taken for tours of the gardens and the conservatories and given a wonderful lunch. The gardens which were started …
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