{"id":298,"date":"2013-08-18T20:22:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/?p=298"},"modified":"2022-07-17T17:15:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T07:45:43","slug":"douglas-hot-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Hot Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Days 30 &#8211; 31<\/p>\n<p>We stayed at the campground next to Douglas Hot Springs. We had no electricity again.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas River flowed over the hot springs. In some places, like here, the water was really hot. Che is running through the hot water to get to some cooler water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_06\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_06-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matt is also running through hot water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_05\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_05-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dad and Matt are swimming where the water is nice- not too hot and not too cold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_04\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_04-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Che is looking under water to see what is down there. He saw some fish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_03\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_03-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matt is sitting on the log.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_02\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_02-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Che is sitting in the water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-284\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_01\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_01-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_01-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_01-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We saw another water monitor. We got really close to it. Can you see the spots on its skin?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_07\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_07-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a juvenile goshawk or sparrowhawk according to Dad. Juvenile means young.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-295\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_12\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_12-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_12-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_12-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matt found a snake skin near a small hole. The snake that shed the skin is longer than he is tall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-294\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_11\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_11-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_11-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_11-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next day Matt and Mum went for an early morning walk. We saw a logodile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-293\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_10\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_10-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_10-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_10-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Later in the morning we went for a swim. When Mum got out she stepped over some leaves and what she thought was a stick, then Matt said, &#8216;you stepped over a snake, Mum&#8217;. It stuck out its tongue and flicked its head. Mum did not scream.<\/p>\n<p>Matt is by the river not far from where we saw the snake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-292\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_09\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_09-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_09-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_09-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a bower bird. We did not see its bower, but it kept looking for shiny things in the fire pit near our caravan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-291\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_08\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_08-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_08-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_08-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the last afternoon we went further up the river and found more hot springs and more places to swim. Mum thought this was a beautiful spot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DouglasSprings_14\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/DouglasSprings_14-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The weather has turned really hot. We left Douglas Hot Springs to head back to the cooler weather in Darwin, which is only 32 degrees C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days 30 &#8211; 31 We stayed at the campground next to Douglas Hot Springs. We had no electricity again. Douglas River flowed over the hot springs. 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