MAKE sure you have your shoes on and a torch,” our host Stuart said the evening we arrived. “There are some decent size snakes getting around.” Sage words. I am not especially concerned about the odd Joe Blake but when warned about big browns I take notice.
So I jumped with a start when a six-foot olive python slithered past during breakfast the next morning! Sure, this one was harmless, but tell that to the piglet in its belly. Stuart said it had also killed the baby goat the kids were rearing. Such is life in the NT outback.
After the nice cooked breakfast we met our guide Fergus, geared up and jumped in the buggy. As I closed the first gate of the trip I looked around in the dawn, taking in the sun on the horizon, the dingo prints in the sand and the awakening birdlife calling across the scrub. It
