Blogs from Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 20

Day 133 Sunday 13 August 206 Darwin to Kakadu National Park How sad it was to leave Darwin - it is such a nice place. The weather was magnificent around 32 degrees everyday and never out of shorts and singlet tops. It would be nice to visit in the wet season to see how spectacular the storms are and the humidity. People say they go crazy in the wet season because of the high humidity. On the move again and it was hard to get back into it after two weeks of staying in one spot. Wasn’t far to Kakadu only 250 km’s. Graeme was looking forward to it but because I have done a previous trip down the centre in the 90’s I knew what I was in store for. The kids were quite happy ... read more

16/7/06 Had another lie in and lazy morning. Cleaned out the cruiser, washing everything. Changed and went to find Mindl beach for the sunset market, via Nightcliffe area and the car wash which was desperately needed. Lots of market stalls and several street entertainers, had sweet and sour chicken and a fresh fruit shake. Got back to car to find Lisa had texted a bit stressed and overtired arriving home after 28 hours of not sleeping properly. Tried to phone using phone card when we got back with no joy. 17/7/06 Up before 8.00am to pack and shoot off around 9.00am into Litchfield National Park. Saw huge Magnetic termite mounds. Listening to a tour guide. There was also cathedral mounds. Buley Rockhole next, loads of people swimming plus then Florence Falls a huge waterfall and more ... read more

Az elmúlt öt napban végigjártuk a Northern Territry főbb természeti nevezetességeit, három nemzeit parkot érintve. A nevezetességeket megoszlása kicsit egyenetlen volt: 90% vízesés, 5% Aboriginal (benszülött) sziklarajz, 5% mozgás. A vízeséseskhez mindig tartozott kristálytiszta, áttetsző vizű patak/tó, ami természetes, gyönyörű úszómedenceként szolgált. Ennek eredményeképpen kellöen megcsömörlöttem az idilli zöld természetes környezteben lévő tökéletes pancsolóhelyektől, mer az öt nap meglehetősen fürdőtúra jelleget öltött: kocsitól 20-200 m séta a vízesésig, 10-15 perc nézelődés, fényképezés, majd csobbanás és pancsolás 1-2 órán keresztül. Majd vissza a kocsihoz, némi evés, és irány a következő gyönyörű hely. Kengurut nem, de krokodilokat, wallabiet és python-t láttunk. Utóbbit teljesen meglepetésként, kétszer is az országúton kúszott egy 1.5 illetve 2 m feletti példány mikor arra aut... read more

I'm afraid, I've left it too long to write up these days in my diary, so I'm gonna have to keep it to bullet points and leave the photos to tell the story, since my memory is already loosing the details.... Got picked up by Lionel, my tour guide for the next 3 days camping in Kakadu National Park. Lionel turned out to be the most amazing guide, he's half aboriginal and has lived in kakadu for 4 years, so knew everything there was to know about the whole place. We had a great time eating kangaroo stir fry, swimming under waterfalls, catching frillied neck lizards, grabbing handfuls of catfish whilst in the waterholes, checking out 50,000year old artwork and getting stoned and playing the digeredoo - believe me, if there's one instrument that really takes ... read more

The Greyhound pass not only included the journey to Kakadu, but a tour round as well. On the way there, we stopped off at some termite mounds. These were huge, easily 10 foot tall, and there were thousands of them everywhere. Upon arrival at Kakadu we went on our tour round. One of the highlights was the Aboriginal paintings at Nourlangie Rock which were literally thousands of years old. Successive generations of Aborigines had 'touched-up' these paintings, until now that is. Elaborate measures had been employed to protect the paintings, as when they fade now, they'll be gone forever. The best way to see Kakadu is by boat, so we booked to go on a boat tour the following day. This meant another early start as the main attraction are the crocs and they tend to ... read more