Blogs from Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 13

DAY 231 It was a cool night, again we slept under just one blanket, to start with the humidity was high and we lay there longing for the coolness of the night, the good thing though that we were inside and the mozzies were outside. Throughout the night we hear the usual abundance of wildlife, the different sounds the shuffling of the leaves, the crunching of the leaves, the strange calls from the birds or was that some kind of lizard hissing outside? It seems that we have adjusted to the time difference here, as we were both awake at 7.00, not nearer to 8.00 like it was when we first crossed over the border. Lying in the cool of the morning chatting about the night sounds I asked Andy if he knew the purpose of ... read more

DAY 229 I awoke in the night to the sound of some birdsong, although I have not idea what bird it was or what the call signified and blowed if I can remember what the sound was, so I cannot even describe it or look it up in my little book of Australian birds. All I remember thinking was how amazingly different the Australian wildlife can be. We both awoke at 7.00 feeling shattered, this heat really seems to be taking the energy from us. Andy brought me a cup of tea and I lay in bed drinking it and reading my book for a while, well I am on holiday. Even though we are moving today we are in no rush, we are not travelling far as we are remaining in Kakadu just to a ... read more

DAY 227 I had the most terrible nights sleep, I awoke at some ungodly hour because it was too hot, it seems that the temperature must have gone up in the night, it had been a bit cloudy yesterday so maybe it was understandable. Last night the mozzies were well and truly on a mission, they feasted well, so the next thing that kept me awake was the constant itch from a few of bites, a few campers seemed to be having some jollities over the way, though it had not been too bad but the sound of someone getting in a car at 2.45 this morning also made me wake up. I heard Ken and Josh leave at 5.30 this morning; they are off fishing this morning in Yellow Water with the aim of catching ... read more

DAY 225 We overslept again; it was nearly 8.00 and moving day, so we have very little time this morning. The tea was made but I went off straight away for a shower, the showers were busy this morning, but there was one last cubicle left, so in I jumped. Expectations of a lovely hot shower to warm up from the chilly night were soon dashed when the luke warm water came out and did not get any hotter. Still it was a shower and I had no idea if there were showers at our destination so I took the opportunity. When I finished and went to the basins to clean my teeth there were a number of women standing around grumbling “I know this is the tropics, but it is winter, so hot water in ... read more

We have booked a 14 day tour from Darwin to Adeliade. It is actually three tours together so I'll split this acording to how the tours work, so our first trip was a 3 day / 2 night trip from Darwin to Litchfield and Kakadu Park. The tour is with a company called Adventure Travel, and I must say sometimes I wonder if I made the right choice as I'm not exactly an Adventous Traveller! The tour started at 6.30 in the morning. Well, this meant we had to meet at the office at 6.30am, but we didn't get on the bus to leave until 8, which was VERY ANNOYING! This didn't put us in a good mood, but we soon got over it (well you had to really!). There were 15 in our group, which ... read more