Blogs from Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 17

Hello, A few pictures of Kakadu National Park Hallo, Een paar prentjes uit Kakadu Nationaal Park... read more

28th February 2008 Today we awoke in the crocodile hotel for second day of our tour. It was a bright sunny morning and again it had been raining heavily in the night. We were picked up by the tour guide Peter at 8.00 clock and set out for escarpment country at Ubirr. Normally this tour wouldn't run as the water was more than 5 metres over the Arnhmen Highway. However Peter was going to take our small party of 6 to the edge of the floods where a boat was waiting to take us through the paper bark forest of Magela Creek and then to a bus waiting on the other side of the floods to take us to Ubirr. Ubirr is an outcrop of escarpment and a tribal area with more amazng rock art with ... read more

Et oui nous voila en Australie! Fini l'Asie! Ici tout le monde parle anglais- ou presque! Voici les photos de notre prenier tour de 3 jours en partant de Darwin pour les parcs de Litchfield et Kakadu, a environ 1000km de la. Paysages fantastiques et animaux que l'on ne voit qu'a la tele! .... Australia here we are! These are the photos of our first 3-day trip to Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks. Amazing places! They are about 1000 km away from Darwin.... read more

Darwinista tehtiin jalleen yksi ryhmakiertomatka talla kertaa Kakadun kansallispuistoon. Kaksipaivainen seikkailu alkoi reissun kohokohdaksi myohemmin nousseella krokoristelylla. Jokilaivan avoimesta ikkunasta n. metrin paasta katselimme kun parhaillaan 5m pitkat suolaisenveden krokot hyppivat lihaklontsien himossa koko vartalon korkuisiin venytyksiin. Aussit kutsuvat naita tuttavallisesti Saltieksi, koska nama asuvat joen suistoissa ja voivat siirtya paikasta toiseen myos merella. Nama ovat siis niita isompia tappajakrokoja. Freshiet ovat pienempia makeanveden krokoja, jotka eivat ole niin vaarallisia ihmiselle. Kuulemma 70-luvulla krokot oli metsastetty niin lahelle sukupuuttoa, etta ihmiset eivat olleet tottuneet nakemaan taysikasvuisia krokoja. Nyt kun vesien pedot on saaneet kasvaa rauhassa, on vesissa vastassa monta kertaa ihmista isompia jatteja. Eli meille painotettiin, etta kann... read more

The final stop was in Kakadu National Park where we would spent 3 full days exploring. This park is the most popular in the area. It was amazing cultural and environmental sites. There is evidence showing that Aboriginal people have been living in the area for over 50,000 years. We'd be checking out paintings that have been dated back 10,000 years. That is 8,000 years before Christ which makes all the sites of Western Europe look young. Because of the stereotypes and labels placed on Aboriginal people, the latter half of the trip would be spent educating. In the urban areas you see a picture of Aboriginal people only being drunks on the corners. This group is very small percentage and there is much more to there present day situation. We were able to talk with ... read more