A quiet day on the river

Our first full day in Darwin so for a change we thought we would get someone else to take us up the river and signed on for a day cruise up the Adelaide River with the guarantee of "Crocs" ,"Buffalo" and other assorted creatures. The day started off well with the pickup at 9am and off to the river for a day of excitement. The outfit is a bit rough around the edges, but the boat floated, the tea and coffee hot and the cake straight from woolies LOL. We motored 35klms up stream and yes there were lots of crocs, birds and wildlife just as we were promised. We ended up at a BAR, (surprise, surprise) on a place called "Goat Island" which is an island in the middle of the river in the middle of NO WHERE, but the host was a hoot, the beer was cold and the fresh water prawns huge. This would be a great place for a weekend party.

On the way home however the real fun started with the motor stopping 2klms from the pontoon. Now I know that doesn't sound all that exciting but when you are in the middle of a river that is full and I mean FULL of crocs, it does get your attention. Ron and I started paddling (as we had more experience than anyone else, thank you d'luded), but we didnt realised that paddling attracts crocs, BIG crocs. We managed to attract a 6 meter croc who decided that I looked like an entree, Ron was definitely a Main and the lady behind, desert. He sat about 2 (yes TWO) feet off the back of the boat eyeing us off. Oh he was almost the same size as the boat. Eventually help arrived and we were towed back to shore. After that sort of day a cold beer was called for when we arrived back at Miss Guided HORROR, the fridge has stopped working, it was a 32 degree day so everything was ruined and the beer was HOT.