Blogs from Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 10

Weil ich ja noch meinen Koffer brauch, hab ich am Flughafen vorbeigeschaut. Und in der Minute, in der ich angekommen bin, ist auch mein Koffer angekommen. Ohne dass der australische Zoll etwas beschlagnahmt hätte. Darüber wird sich vor allem Yasmin freuen glaub ich…;-) Hab noch kurz in die SCS von Darwin geschaut – Casuarina Square – und mir dort doch die Canon G12 gekauft. Gunther, Du hattest Recht: die Kamera ist ein Traum! An den Linksverkehr hab ich mich inzwischen gewöhnt, auch dass die Hebel für Blinker und Scheibenwischer die Seiten getauscht haben. Hatte am Anfang daher eine total saubere Windschutzscheibe. Naja, bei jedem Abbiegen halt;-) Interessant ist auch, dass man beim Einfahren in den Kreisverkehr hier blinkt. Und zwar je nachdem, welche Ausfahrt man nehmen will (1. Ausfahrt links blinken, 2. Ausfahrt nicht blinken, 3. ... read more

We were up at a more reasonable hour today & headed off to Kakadu NP - a huge national park valued for both its natural and cultural importance. Our first stop was at the visitors centre before going over to see the Nourlangie rock art (althouh not strickly speaking art as the aborigines used these images to tell their stories, both myths and lessons). After this we went for a walk to the Gubara Springs where we went for a swim. We swam across one stream the walked a short distance through the rainforest (in bare feet & bikinis/swimmers) to a series of waterfalls. We swam in the lower plunge pool for a bit then most of us followed Debden in a series of swims & climbs up the waterfalls to a higher plunge pool where ... read more

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 ... read more

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There has been a lot of driving and national parks in the Northern Territory. I think pictures are going to say a lot more about this state of Australia than I ever can. Hiking, swimming and driving has pretty much been the agenda on the itinerary. The first stop was Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park. This park is pretty iconic for Australia tourism and for a good reason. I enjoyed the hiking through Kata Tjuta, and the sunset over Uluru was amazing. The following day Watarrka National Park was destination for hiking. This national park is more commonly known as Kings Canyon. I loved the day of hiking there. It is about a 6 km walk that should take about 3 hours; it took 3 hours just to do half of the hike for me. There ... read more