Day 130 - Kakadu - Nanguluwur and Yellow Water Cruise

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After a wonderful slideshow by Christian, the parks ranger, the previous night, we were all excited to have the opportunity of walking to a lesser known rock art site at Nanguluwur. This did, however, require (yet another) early start and involved some walking.

We arrived early at the small carpark to ensure that we could find space for the bus and had breakfast as we waited for Christian and his followers.

A few devotees arrived and then the man himself arrived. He had us all enthralled as he told us ancient (and less so) stories as we waited for a few latecomers.

We did the nature walk thingy on the way to the rock art site so it took a long time to get there. But when we arrived, Christian unzipped his backpack and emptied his show and tell gear for us. There was an informative scroll which depicted the last 50,000 years of local history and we listened intently as the scroll unfurled through the years.

The rock art was all around us and we wandered up and down the walls checking it all out. There was old art (handprints) and new art (a sailing ship and other drawings) which we took photos of.

Christian then posed for photos with his disciples before he left. Christian had other things to do and we had a boat to catch.

After the walk back to the car park (which we did in next to no time) we drove to Cooinda where we had booked the Yellow Waters Cruise. We were lucky enough to get on board with Ned (the birdmaster) and Ned navigated and drove, spotted crocs and birds, chatted to the visitors and still found time to crack plenty of funny jokes and gags.

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Photos

Nanguluwur
The scroll, 50,000 years in the making.

Nanguluwur
Winds of Change. Ships like this were seen in the area between 1880 and 1950 when they brought supplies to buffalo hunting camps on the floodplains of the Alligator Rivers and returned to Darwin with hides.

Nanguluwur
Old Art

Nanguluwur
Christian and Georgi

Yellow Waters Cruise
The water lilies

Yellow Waters Cruise
what the boats look like

Yellow Waters Cruise
sunset over the South Alligator

Yellow Waters Cruise
Pelican

Yellow Waters Cruise
Grey Heron

Yellow Waters Cruise
Great Egret

Comments

[Mel]

Pics
Amazing photos - and beautiful indigenous art. So clever. xx

[Greg French]

Hello from Acton Park
Hi Len I have just reviewed your past 30 days of blogs and photos, great photos. You certainly are having a great experience. Where to next and when are you due home? Greg

[LennyGeorgi]

Back to Tassie and work?
Hi Greg, thanks for your comments. Currently in outback qld and heading towards cairns. Bit behind with the blog as usual. Due back at work early November. Cheers Len