Our own backyard

Due to travel restrictions we have ended up paying more attention to attractions close to home.

In July we had a camping trip to Lorella Springs Wilderness Park in the Gulf Region of the Northern Territory.

More recently we had a midweek trip to Kakadu National Park.

I realise how fortunate we are to be able to travel while people in other areas are under much tighter restrictions. I hope these photos encourage people to plan and look forward to their next adventures when travel restrictions are lifted.

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Lorella Springs and Southern Lost City

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Kakadu: Burrunggui (Nourlangie); Kakadu Air Scenic Flight; Cahills Crossing; Ubirr; Yellow Water Billabong Sunset

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Kakadu: Yellow Water Billabong Sunrise Cruise

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April 2017 events

Our month in photos

April was a busy month for us, starting with a family reunion weekend at Litchfield National Park to celebrate Brian’s 70th birthday.

Before we left we went to Nightcliff Dragons Under 9’s first Rugby League game of the season.

The next JT?

Go Cuz!

Buley Rockhole

Litchfield Tourist Park Homestead

 Florence Falls

Wangi Falls

Resting fruit bats/flying foxes

Resting family

Four-family get-together

Continuing the reunion theme, we got together for our traditional family and friends’ dinner at the Nightcliff foreshore. 

Wedding Anniversary

Our 34th wedding anniversary on 9 April saw us having lunch at Chow on the Darwin Waterfront. Delicious South-East Asian food and my first taste of green pawpaw salad – yum!

Easter Weekend

Pine Creek Digger’s Rest was our base for the Easter weekend.

Good Friday

Pine Creek Lookout, Watergardens  and Railway

Hooded parrot

Easter Saturday

Moline Rockhole, Kakadu Ranger Station, Bukbukluk Lookout, wildflowers, Miners Park

Easter Sunday

Umbrewarra Gorge, Copperfield Dam, kite, boot tree, sunset

Easter Monday

Home via Burrell Creek. Robin Falls, Adelaide River War Cemetery, Manton Dam wall

Rainbow bee-eater

In the garden

Cavendish and Dwarf Ducasse bananas

Cavendish and Lady Finger bananas

Tomato seedlings

Basil from Penni

Kathy’s orchid – primrose scented

Six sprays on one orchid

Sunset

Our magnificent sunsets always enhance family dinner on the foreshore.

Day 27 Assignment – Enhance your Colour

For this assignment we were to enhance the colour of the sunset photo we took for our assignment on Day 3.

This photo was so dark that increasing the vibrance did little to improve it:

So, I made adjustments in Lightroom to contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks, then increased the vibrance:

I took it into Photoshop and cropped it to get rid of the footpath, then used the spot heal and clone stamp tools to remove the signpost.

Day 26 Assignment – Fix Dynamic Range

I call this the Clinging Tree because it has been clinging to the edge of the cliff by its roots for years and has even survived cyclones. This photo was taken with the sun setting to the left.

I watched Jim’s entire video but only used Lightroom to restore this photo. I made adjustments to the highlights, shadows, blacks and exposure and reduced the luminance of light blue, dark blue and yellow, while slightly increasing the orange.

1/80 f/8 ISO 3200 54mm

Darwin Sunsets 2013

Photos of sunsets at Nightcliff, Rapid Creek and East Point foreshores, taken with a Fujifilm X10