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Palms in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia ( native and exotic )


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Thought I would start a photo thread of my travels in the Northern regions of Australia. I'm a keen 4WDriver and I always have a camera handy.....and being a lapsed palm enthusiast I seem to have quite a few pics of local palms  ( native and exotic ) in my photo files.

About an hour and a half south west of Darwin on Bynoe Harbor, there is a nice little resort called Crab Claw. These pics from  November 2016.....start of our 'Wet Season'

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Foxtails growing in pure beach sand only 3' above the high tide line. They really are a tough species that can handle harsh growing conditions way different to their native habitat on Cape York Peninsular.

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Carpentaria by the look of the seeds.... ( messy damn things ! ...lol )

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Not a bad spot to stay for a few days or just a day trip from Darwin for a meal, a few bees and a swim.

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As I mentioned earlier,  I did not realize how salt tolerant Foxtails are....

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About 5 hours south west of Darwin is the Victoria River Valley and Escarpment country. Home to an endemic Livistonia species Victoriae.

http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Livistona_victoriae

Very scenic drive through the escarpment country on the Victoria Highway to the Western Australia border.

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Boodjamulla Gorge in far north western Queensland is home to an isolated population of Livistonia Rigida. The nearest habitat to these ones is at Roper Rivwe and Mataranka about 1000klm north west

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boodjamulla_National_Park

It is a spectacular wetland in an otherwise dry dusty hot enviroment.

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Livistonia Rigida

http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Livistona_rigida

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