Kakadu
11th and 12th April, 2010

Days 113 and 114

After much excitement and anticipation reaching the infamous Kakadu, we were surprised and really disappointed in what we couldn't see due to most of the areas being still flood affected by the wet season. The upside was that it was very quiet and what little we could see, we had a private viewing. We camped near a billabong and woke to the sounds of the low, guttural rumblings of some kind of creature of the night.

We celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary with a BBQ, some beers, a massive downpour of rain and thousands of tiny, tiny green tree frogs jumping all over our camp and us - amazing.

The rock art were saw was pretty amazing and showed the changes in the Aboriginal way of life from the introduction of Europeans to Australia. The Dreamtime images were incredible and the kids were intrigued by the spirits of the Dreaming, asking many many questions. It's great to expose them to how and what others believe and to the many different lifestyles we have encountered so far.

PS The low guttural sounds were the rumblings of crocs in the nearby billabong!! The shine of the torch on the water gave away the glint of slow moving red eyes.

Rock Art


Our camp spot



Admiring the view


Namargon, the lightning man

Great waterhole