Top End bush fires.

'tis the season for fire ...

While staying in Darwin it was possible to see the smoke of several fires on the horizon, and one morning the sky was thick and brown with smoke.

On the drive back down South to Katherine, fires on the road side.

Fires start from a number of causes, ranging from fire control of flamable grass, firebugs, extra tanned 'locals' thinking grass needs to be burned "traditionally", or natural causes.

Something to bear in mind when making a camp is to avoid dry grass areas, as who knows what happens when one is away all day hunting.

Numerous hawks and eagles wheel and saw around the fires hoping to catch fleeing small birds and ground animals.