BEAUTIFUL SANDY

No, not Jennifer, but Sandy.  Sandy Billabong,  in Kakadu,  a really really beautiful spot.

If you look really hard you can see the fish off the sand in the centre of this photo.

The water is almost crystal clear with just a slight tint from the tea tree, but to the right of this photo is a large 'beach area' that goes for a few kilometres with access to pools about two metres deep where you can see everything in the pool, including the fish and some logs that are scary when the sun goes behind a cloud and the wind moves the water.  We checked them out though and they did not have legs or teeth as originally thought. You can see how clear it is in this pool for probably 60 metres across behind Jim, with the main part of the billabong over behind the pandanas.

Are you sure that's only a log??

I hope so!!  (In the same pool as Jim) 

We got barra, saratoga, tarpon and longtom in the spot above. It was different fishing from a bank, but great fun. We could not get our boats in as the ramp was locked so we had no choice but to walk it.

We were told its the first time flies have been used in the billabong. These ones worked!!

Talking of flies in trees, make sure to take plenty of flies because in some spots the trees were ferocious and it was close quarter combat if we fished along the banks of the main billabong.

That's 'Jungle' Jim in another hungry tree

*%+#@#@!!  tree

Trek a few k's through this soft sand, fishing on the way, really helps you sleep at night.

Barra from the bank of the main billabong.

A small toga from off the sandy middle of a pool.

Not only did I have to carry all the gear, I nearly had to carry Roggie back after a trek up the soft sand.

This really is a beautiful spot, we have heard of metre barra coming out of it, but you have to be authorised to get a boat in apparently which we will try and arrange on the next visit.

Ran into 'Crusty' and Wayne out there too.

Jim needed the anti reverse reel for the trees?