Our Kakadu experience started with a 6.30 pickup from our hostel. We had booked with Kakadu 4WD Safaris and we were greeted by our guide, Pat, a big, hairy aussie bushman, born and bred near Darwin, who has spent most of his life wondering around Kakadu. He and his family lived among aborigines for much of his childhood, and he was adopted by them, given an aboriginal name and learnt and lived their way of life. He oozed love for the place, and was full of fascinating information. He was absolutely awesome, and thanks to him we had an amazing experience. He really brought the place alive. The first morning was a fairly long drive to the park. We had to enter by the southern road as the local region had been hit by terrible floods,
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