During my stay in litchfield national park, the humidity dropped drastically to a pretty unusual 5%, the temperature was high and the wind strong, which made the northern territory fire commissioner to raise the fire alert to catastrophic (the highest level of the fire risk scale). and then fire happened everywhere around darwin. it burned a mango

Travelling on the ghan - the the famous australian train riding between adelaide and darwin - i got the chance to witness the most sensational sunset. australia is a country with generally awesome sunsets, and this one was particularly impressive. imagine a cloudless sky above flat lands with red sand nurrishing green bushtrees.a perfectly round su

What do you do when you are not working in litchfield national park? best thing is to grab a bike; cycle a 4 to 10 km; and enjoy the swimming in natural pools or waterfalls. whether it is wangi falls, cascades or walker creek, the swim is enjoyable and refreshing… que faire au milieu d’un parc national? le mieux est de prendre un vélo ; rouler

Finishing at litchfield café, i started my way south toward sydney, via the ghan and adelaide. i decided to stop on the way at katherine and found a wwoofing job at the wilderness farm: picking and packing vegetables : pumpkin, watermelon, zuchini and many more. this was not my wisest move. i did not mind the work, though physical, it was enjoyabl

I spent 7 weeks in the middle of nowhere : litchfield national park in the northern territory, south of darwin. there i was welcomed by the team of the litchfield café and worked against food and accommodation. i shredded carrots, peeled potatoes, prepared hamburger patties and croc burger, wash dishes (a lot of them), dug a trench, took orders, s

Still making my way south, i arrived in alice springs to discover the red center. alice springs is a true oasis in the middle of the desert. it is surprinsingly green, very far from the idea i had of the place before coming. there are lots of vegetation especially this year, which was particularly rainful. the second most populated city of the nort

Snakes are part of the life in australia. they are everywhere and australia accommodates 18 of the 20 most dangerous snakes in the world. in the top northern territory the most dangerous snake you can find are the western brown and eastern brown. very nasty and aggressive snakes that can grow up to 3 meters, their venomous bites delivers enough ven

There is no need to hide the truth : there are crocodiles in the litchfield national park and all around darwin. freshwater crocodiles are not too big : they grow to 3 metres long and feed on fishes mostly, they are pretty harmless to human. but there also are saltwater crocodiles aka estuarine crocodiles : those prehistorical monsters feed on ever

Magnetic island est une île situé à tout juste 8 kilomètres de townsville et surnommée la capitale australienne du koala. malgré son nom, cette île n'est en rien magnétique. l4histoire raconte que lors de ses expéditions australiennes, le capitaine james cook aurait vu son compas se dérégler en passant au large de magnetic island. mais l

While i was convinced that my plane to darwin was on saturday, i realized that i actually booked it for friday and i had to rush away from magnetic island to catch it : loosing one night booked at the hostel and a bus transfer from townsville to cairns. finally arriving in darwin on friday, i excepted to spend a couple weeks in the northern territo