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NORTHERN DTELLA PORTRAIT
Big call, but probably the best patterned and best looking adult female Gehyra australis I've ever seen. I shined her whilst she was active on the trunk of a standing dead Acacia tree a few hundred metres into the dry savannah woodland adjacent to the Little Roper River corridor near Mataranka, in the Top End of the NT, recently. 82mm SVL.
Large is Better
This is the riverbed of the Roper River in central australia
The road that crossed the river was just behind me
All the rivers flow out into the desert where they slowly soak into the underground artesian water basin
The ripples here were amazing
The wind had been blowing for days
Our aircraft is returning us from "The City of the Moon" to Roper River Mission, renamed Ngukkur in 1988. Northern Territory, June, 1975.
John Mott, sitting on the chair, was a surveyor and led the first survey party to the Roper River and Katherine regions of the Northern Territory. He enlisted in the army during WW1 and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal.
This report appeared in the Western Mail (Perth, WA) on
Saturday 29 June 1889. There is no known image of the schooner General Gordon built by William Avery at Tuncurry, NSW in 1885.
Details
Name: General Gordon
Type: Brigantine/Schooner
Registration: ON 089366
Place of Registration: Sydney 62/1885 (9th September 1885)
Length: 65.93 ft
Breadth: 19.35 ft
Depth: 7.54 ft
Tonnage: 60 tons
Builder: William Avery Tuncurry, NSW
Owner: Sold in early 1887 to Alfred Edward Jolly and Edwin Luxton
Launch
The General Gordon built in front of William Avery’s house in Tuncurry on a vacant block adjacent to John Wright’s General Store. She was launched at Tuncurry on 20th August, 1885. She departed Forster on 27th August 1885 and arrived in Sydney on 28th August Newcastle Morning Herald - 2 September 1885.
Operation
The General Gordon was purchased by A.E. Jolly and E. Luxton in early 1897, departing 4th April 1887 for Roper River in the Gulf of Carpentaria. She was operated out of Darwin for ports including Cambridge Gulf in the Kimberley and McArthur River in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Demise
On Sunday 10th March the General Gordon sailed from Darwin to the McArthur River in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory. After discharging her cargo she left Port McArthur (Borroloola) on 2nd May. After collecting clay and a little sand as ballast from the river, she cleared the entrance on 12th May and set out for Sydney via ports on the coast of Western Australia. Captain Ware headed for Cossack, near Dampier in the Kimberley area. headed for Cossack, Western Australia. On the way to Cossack heavy seas were encountered and the clay ballast became wet and puddled. Captain Ware decided to proceed to Hampton Harbor, in the Dampier Archipelago, in order to replace the ballast. He was able to remove the sand and clay and secure stones for ballast from nearby Lewis Island. The General Gordon left Hampton Harbour and arrived at Cossack on 30th May.
She left on 1st June heading for Fremantle and all went we until a gale was encountered on 16th June. When the gale abated on 18th June the mate found the rudder missing. The Captain then changed course for Geraldton but, despite desperate attempts using sandbags and barrels hung over the side, he was unable to control the ship. With water rising rapidly, the Captain abandoned her at 12:30 pm on 20th June. The crew took to the boat and sailed into Geraldton around midnight that evening and came ashore on the morning of the 21st to report the loss. The cutter Una was sent to search for the General Gordon but no trace was found.
The Marine Board of Inquiry held in Geraldton on 24th May contains full details Victorian Express (Geraldton, WA) - Saturday 29 June 1889 or alternatively www.plimsoll.org/resources - PortCities Southampton
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The Garfish I caught in the Roper River in Mataranka, Northern Territory while a croc was staking out the water on the opposite bank. Not a very big fish, but the first one caught with this rod (thanks kyle!).
Caught it with a tiny live fish we'd caught in a trap that day, looked like a newborn barramundi... and it was still intact inside the Garfish. Despite it's small size, still cooked it up - not bad as white fleshed fish go.
Roper River, Elsey National Park, Northern Territory.
Yes, there are crocodiles in this river. Yes, you can swim here.
They're only freshwater crocodiles, which avoid humans and don't attack unless provoked. There were people swimming here, but I didn't manage to catch any in a photograph. I didn't see any crocodiles.
Head of the Garfish I caught in Mataranka, Northern Territory while a croc was staking out the water on the opposite bank. Look how sharp the teeth are on this little bugger!
Me fishing in the Roper River in Mataranka, Northern Territory while a croc was staking out the water on the opposite bank. Check out the notes to spot the croc beneath our crossed rods, then click here to see it closer up.
Relics of a lush climate now long gone survive on the banks of spring fed rivers. Photographed in Elsey National Park near Mataranka, Northern Territory, Australia.
Bishop Greg Thompson shows Rhoda a historic Bible which Murray Seiffert just happened to find it in a 2nd hand bookshop in Melbourne. Belonged to Barnabas Garbulya of Roper River (Ngukurr) father of Silas.
Goes back to early mission era circa. 1927 with Rev Rex Joynt.
Emma fishing in the Roper River in Mataranka, Northern Territory while a croc was staking out the water on the opposite bank.
The freshwater croc on the opposite bank to us while we were fishing in the Roper River in Mataranka, Northern Territory.
Now see also here.
The freshwater croc on the opposite bank to us while we were fishing in the Roper River in Mataranka, Northern Territory.
The freshwater croc on the opposite bank to us while we were fishing in the Roper River in Mataranka, Northern Territory.