Blogs from Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 19

Dear Blog, Hows things? Hope you have been behaving thyself. Obviously I have, but I'm sure you wouldn't expect anything else from me! So, was up bright and early (5am) after a hideous sleep, so was really perky as you can probably imagine, and not at all grumpy. The drive from Darwin to Litchefield National Park (our first port of call) was lovely though, much more like the australia that I was hoping to find, miles upon miles of bush, red earth, endless horizons etc. Our first stop was Buley Rockhole where we went for a short walk and then went for a swim to cool off. Feeling much more refreshed and awake we drove for another couple of hours to Florence Falls for another swim, had hotdogs for lunch and then went on a cruise ... read more

On Wednesday we went to Kakadu national park (which is the same size as Wales 19,000 square Kms),we got picked up at 7am by our tour guide Louise she is also a zoologist which was cool because she was able to tell us loads about animals which obviously i enjoyed. An aboriginal guy called johnny came with us to he does tours as well and he told us lots of ancient stories and explained the aboriginal way of life to us which was interesting. We went in a 4 wheel drive which holds 10 people there were the 2 tour guides, us 4 and 1 guy from Us, 1 guy from Germany, 1 guy from Manchester, and a girl from somewhere in Eastern Europe. We went on a jumping crocodile cruise on the Adelaide River, ... read more

Alright.. the Big Trip hasn't started yet. First came a short-trip to the NT that was booked well ahead. Well... you know ho it is: Years and years you never book ahead since something might hapen, like loosing you job... the you DO book ahead and... LoL Okeedokee, der grosse Trip hat noch nicht begonnen. Erstmal ein Kurzurlaub im NT. Da bucht man jahrelang nie was im Voraus, da ja was dazwischen kommen koennte... wie zB arbeitslos werden oder so... und dann bucht man EINMAL 6 Monate im Voraus... *grins* Day1 (Boxing Day): Xmas day was pretty wet (inside). Flight with QANTAS from Brissy to Darwin. Serving only Fosters & VB on the plane means we resist in having a hair of a dog. Bummer but what can you do (certainly not touching this p... :-) ... read more

Well we decided to head back to Kakadu concidering we enjoyed it so much last time. This time however we went a little further in. We still camped at Gunlom considering the camp ground is really good. But we traveled further in to Jim Jim falls. The first day we met a couple of Backpackers who were staying at gunlom as well. Henery and Hannae. So we invited them over to the campsite for a little "First Night Maddness" where we sat round the campfire exchanging stories and solving the worlds problems........as one does with a couple of beers in them. The next day we set out in My ute and Soccermum on our way to Jim Jim Falls. A bit of tough 4X4ing to get there but was worth it in the end. As it's ... read more

Kakadu National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site and Australia's largest national park, not to mention the backdrop to parts of "Crocodile Dundee". It encompasses a variety of different habitats from wetlands to sandstone escarpments, and boasts over 10,000 species of insect, a third of Australia's bird species, and more reptile species than can be found in all of Europe, in amongst umpteen other superlative facts. It also has a large population of crocodiles, in particular the notorious salt water or estuarine croc. I'd signed up for a 3 day/2 night camping trip to Kakadu, to sample its charms. The tour was led by Darren, a local Aboriginal who thought the 35C temperatures and humidity were a bit nippy. The rest of the group were Antonio (genuine surfer dude from San Diego), James and Maya ... read more