We headed onto a place called the Douglas-Daly Tourist Park on the banks of the Douglas River. This turned out to be a very popular destination for N.T. locals. We arrived on the Friday of the long weekend and the place was packed with people all with N.T number plates, and most of who we spoke to were from Darwin or Katherine.
You can normally swim in this river but due to the wet season having being such a big one this year, the owners said that a Saltwater Croc was caught further upstream so they were told by National Parks to advise people not to swim until they could finish checking all the river system to ensure there were no other stray Saltys. We of course didn't need to be told twice, but the point was certainly enforced when we noticed a Croc Trap in the water not far from where we set up camp!
This was an alright place to camp for the night, it would certainly be a lot nicer at a time when it was not so busy - we really were not interested in being surrounded by so many people, including a big bunch of Scouts! So we just checked out the river, camped the night and then left early next morning. On the road out to this tourist park we did spot the biggest ant's hill we have seen to date, as you can see from the photo, it was very tall!
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| The biggest Ant Hill we have found to date |
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| On the bank of the Douglas River |
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| Looking up the Douglas River |
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