Macca's Meanderings

 Hi  We have been out and about enjoying the great weather at this time of the year in northern Australia.  This week Darwin and Alice Springs have been in a Covid lockdown. Whilst we have not been locked down, travel to and from Croker Island has been restricted to essential people only.  The  rangers did a couple of patrols to the northern tip of Croker Island, Cape Croker or Wunwu. The photo below shows the small lighthouse there.  The marine currents and winds bring a lot of marine litter to the beaches in this area.  Time for a spell - pulling partly buried nets and other marine debris can be heavy work. We burn what will burn and the rest is carried back to the community dump. If you double click on the photo below, you will notice some dead trees in the top centre of the picture. These were mimosa which we treated just before the wet season in December 2020. If left untreated the mimosa will take over this whole area and choking out all other vegetation.  The rangers noticed one