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Published: November 30th -0001
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Wetlands cruise
A little crocodile... Day 82 Darwin to Jabiru (Tues 23rd Sept)
In the lobby at 0630 today in order to meet our Australia tour guide. His name is ‘Wombat’ and he has been doing these tours for 8 years and we are lucky enough to be his last group. He is the driver/guide and will pretty much run the last couple weeks of the trip leaving Matt with absolutely nothing to do... (no offence intended).
We finally departed at 0700 for the first leg of our journey. The coach is a small 21-seater with a little trailer attached to the back. A good size actually with plenty of room for us all, and all the junk we have accumulated along the way.
First stop was an aboriginal cultural centre where a few of the simple aspects of life in the area were explained to us. We had a brief sample of the didgeridoo, and I absolutely love that music. It’s just a shame that only the men traditionally play. There was also a sign here that had pictures of ‘Australian mosquitoes’ and there were dozens!! Not a good omen.
We made a brief stop at Fogg dam, where I spotted
Rock Art
All the art tells a story, or imparts an object lesson a little tiny crocodile in the water as we drove past. Too cute. Wombat actually knows most of the birds here too and there were surprising amounts of them. It’s very wet at the moment and is a little odd. It’s just not what I expect of Australia.
We stopped at a road house for lunch, most of us just making ourselves a sandwich. Australia is much more expensive than the other countries we have visited lately.
We made two separate stops to have a look at some rock art sites. Some were quite amazing, and some were very old, dated according to what was painted, and how it was done. Very interesting. We ended up on the outcrop of rock as seen in the Crocodile Dundee movie. Gorgeous views of the land, especially since everything around looks so very flat.
Walking back to the coach it started to pour down with rain. One moment it was just a bit cloudy and the next minute the heavens had opened and a sheet of water was coming down. The rain lasted a couple of minutes and then stopped completely. Most of us were only about 20 meters form
Kakadu
View from 'Bill's place' a shelter near the car park so we made a dash for that but unfortunately Jo and Norma got caught. They looked like drowned kittens once they caught up with us.
The campsite we stayed at had permanent tents set up for us. They even had beds in them! And if you think that’s taking the piss of camping, wait until you hear what else they had. Lights, power points,
and an electric fan. I could hardly believe it when I saw it but wasn’t about to complain!! It came in handy tonight, as it was rather warm.
Dinner was included tonight so we all pitched in to help put together a barbeque. There was a permanent kitchen set up and it was quite functional. Amazing how new everything seems to be. It’s not what I would really call camping, but I guess if it’s made of canvas then it is technically a tent...
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