We were up and about pretty early today to go and explore this end of the Mary River system. First stop was 'rockhole' which is a really nice section of the river and place we will come back to do some fishing.
Next stop was Mistake Billabong, not sure why its named that but it looked very much like croc territory to me and the walk in was right on the waters edge so we were thinking it was mistake walking in!! But a very nice spot in swampy land alive with bird life.
We popped into the Stuart Point Wilderness Lodge for a look, it is nice enough but very commercial and expensive.
Then we drove all the way up to 'Shady Camp' where there were a lot of fisherman or at least a lot of 4wd's with trailers in the car park.
We saw some people standing in the water right near signs saying do not do that because of the crocs. Mary River is one of the most populated croc locations in the top end, people are just so stupid.
On the way back we went out to Wildman Wildness Lodge and it was the most fascinating thing we have seen. It is a high end resort that is now deserted. It looks like they just walked out of the place and they have left everything.
Reception had all the paperwork on the desk, the bar had drinks etc on it, the rooms were furnished etc it was just unbelievable and we were walking around it as it was wide open.
We googled it when we got back and it went into liquidation a few years ago but they simply walked away from it leaving it all behind!!
After that entertainment we popped into brian creek monsoon forest for a look but Karen didnt like the look of it so we didnt do the walk haha
We then went back to camp. I popped a roast Pork in the weber and made some bread rolls.
It was so hot we decided to wrap the roast up and put the veggies etc in a container for another day and went down to north rock hole to do some fishing.
We were getting bites early and karen caught a massive barra but he snagged her and I broke it off on some wire on the ground!!
Karen had a croc near her on the river bank and scared the crap out of her as it jumped back into the water......she now keeps her distance from the waters egde haha
After fishing we went back to camp and had icy smoothies for tea. We ran the aircon for as long as we could before the battery was getting too low then we pretty much sweated all night in what has to be the hottest night we have endured. 100% humidity and near 30 degrees over night, all night.