Second lazy day off :-) I’ve never read that much haha. But I enjoy it. Today, I’m going to visit Mataranka falls and unfortunately already two persons told how it is so I won’t have any surprise. Anyway, the walk should be nice, especially during the morning before it gets too hot. Let’s go!
Yesterday, I turned left, today I’m turning right (that was an easy one ;-)
The path is signalized so I won’t get lost, cool!
River crossing.
I’m going to follow the river nearly all the way.
Nice ;-)
Rah! I don’t like to walk in the sand…
The river again. I’ve never seen that much water in one day since a long time now :-)
Some more termite’s nests.
They are quite creative as well ;-)
Few, Nice!
I’ve been fast and there is only on kilometre left.
Wow! What is that tree?
Cotton!
It’s around 9am now and the sun is high and hot all ready.
Almost there. The path seems to be more and more narrow.
And lower and lower.
I will be in a jungle soon if it still progresses like this.
Now there is rocks everywhere. I can hear the falls now. Are they big? Huge? High?
Wo…. Huuuh… haha! Mataranka falls! About 80cm high, 30m long, Im-pre-ssive :-)
And it continues a bit more apparently. Nice big palm trees.
The river is now quiet again. Maybe crocodiles are waiting around.
The sky is blue, there is palm trees. This is very different than the red centre.
Palm trees reflection.
Another stream.
Okay, that was the end of the path. I’m now in my way back.
Second view of the Mataranka falls.
3km and I will be back to the campsite.
Termites.
They are not always visible but once a while There is one nest where they are active. I did not imagine termites like this before. They look like ants with a golden color on their head and back.
Look the size of this nest!
We are the same size! Very impressive what those termites can build.
I’ve got another 2km to walk and then I will spend the rest of my afternoon doing no more than reading. See you later then :-)
Very cool posts Damien ! … I am glad you can enjoy Mataranka.. I liked it there too… The tree you saw was a Kapock tree.. the early settlers used it under the horses saddle as a blanket, I think the plant came from South America via seeds in the Kapock Blanket.. It is like cotton..
PS.. We saw a Death Adder snake on the job today… http://entropy.info/updates/
Jolie promenade au bord de la rivière. Raffraîchissante ! Les nids de termites sont vraiment impressionnants. J’imagine le nombre d’individus qui doivent y vivre !
They don’t look like termites…. Did they come to hunt termites?
I like the video of Mataranka falls. I could see the shines of the water and make me feel that I am there!