we are anchored in the bay just beyond the sign. i'm almost positive i saw a croc dive as i motored to shore today in the dinghy. maybe not the kind of anchorage where you jump off the boat for a dip. which is too bad, really, because it's oppressively hot in darwin. 95 degrees all the time?

every sun-down we watch to see if there's a "green flash" which errol insists really does occur. apparently if it's really clear (as in no coulds around the sun) a very quick (like blink and you miss it quick) green flash will happen just as the last bit of sun goes under or down or wherever it is that it goes.

we saw dolphins almost everyday on the 12 day sail from cairns to darwin. this particular time it was a group of about 10 (it's hard to count them accurately when they're zig zagging all over the place as they play) with really large adults and some babes as well. one of them was swimming right under us as we looked down at it from the bow. it kept turning on its side so it could look up at us as if to say "oh hey there!!"

fish jerky...not quite sure if i'm a fan or not. it's a good way to preserve your catch when the fridge is overflowing with fish though.