{"id":308,"date":"2015-05-16T04:39:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T04:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/?p=308"},"modified":"2015-05-16T04:42:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T04:42:17","slug":"northern-australia-near-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/?p=308","title":{"rendered":"Northern Australia near Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Western Australia, I decided to check out the tropical Nothern Australia as well. The flight from Bali to Darwin was very short &#8211; about two hours.<\/p>\n<p>The climate in Darwin is just perfect: It is about 32 degrees during the day and 26 degrees at night all year round.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin itself is not a big city. I found the National Parks close to it much more interesting.<\/p>\n<p>One big problem in Northern Australia is that you cannot swim in the ocean because there are crocodiles there. So people go to the waterfalls and water streams in the National Parks for swimming.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably one of the most famous waterfalls in Northern Australia:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0010-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0010\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0010-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0010-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0010.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0002\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0002-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0002.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0003\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0003-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0003.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_320\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320\" class=\"wp-image-320 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0096-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0096\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0096-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0096-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0096.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stairs that lead down to the waterfall<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-321\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0097-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0097\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0097-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0097-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0097.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0001-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0001\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0001-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0001-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0001.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A lot of Northern Australia is actually a type of savannah instead of a tropical rain forest:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0090-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0090\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0090-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0090-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0090.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0089.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0089-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0089\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0089-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0089-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0089.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_311\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"wp-image-311 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0067-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0067\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0067-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0067-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0067.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The huge Kakadu National Park east of Darwin<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_312\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312\" class=\"wp-image-312 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0066-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0066\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0066-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0066-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0066.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This part is called the Wetlands since it is close to a big river<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_313\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0072-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The car which I got this time - it also had a bed in the back\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0072-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0072-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0072.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The car which I got this time &#8211; it also had a bed in the back<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Australians are crazy when it comes to their road trains. Here are a couple of examples:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0073-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A truck with 4 (!) trailers in Northern Australia\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0073-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0073-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0073.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A truck with 4 (!) trailers in Northern Australia<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_310\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310\" class=\"wp-image-310 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0065-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HNI_0065\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0065-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0065-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HNI_0065.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two trucks towing a huge something in Western Australia<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Western Australia, I decided to check out the tropical Nothern Australia as well. The flight from Bali to Darwin was very short &#8211; about two hours. The climate in Darwin is just perfect: It is about 32 degrees during the day and 26 degrees at night all year round.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/?p=308\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328,"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}