26^th November  (Saturday)

Had breakfast and drove back to Darwin (250km) stopping off at a couple of road information areas. One was exceptionally good the “Window on the Wetland Visitor Centre”. The girl at the Centre explained that typically one can tell the venomous snakes since they have non-circular eyes, a bit like a curved diamond. I took a look through one of her books on the subject and the only problem I could see was that the red-bellied black snake is so dark that it was difficult to determine the shape from the dark body.

We saw a number of wallabies on the way back, including a few that had been killed by motorists.  We also saw quite a few birds of prey and a red-tailed black cockatoo.

We are staying at the same apartments (Ramada Suite Zen Quarter) for the next two days  as we did when we arrived. We then head down to Ayres Rock early Monday morning. We have a good view from the 15 floor.

View from Apartment

Just spotted a pamphlet in the apartment on "Cyclone Preparation" so snake bites might not be the only concerns in this part of the world!