Day 30 - Shady Camp to Kakadu National Park
After a warm night on the banks of the Mary River - including a nighttime
visit to the river to see how many crocs we could see - we woke early to yet
more mozzies! Our night time adventures also included running out of gas and
having to change gas bottles in the middle of the night so the fridge would
keep cold!
After breakfast, we were on the road again - back out to the Arnhem Highway
and heading towards Kakadu. We stopped at one of the visitor centres to buy our
Park Pass but apparently they had run out! So we kept going to Jabiru and
arrived before lunch. We bought our passes, got some information, and checked
into our caravan park. After lunch, we were deciding what to do but were
running short of time so we did a few tasks (including refilling the gas bottle
- don't worry - we do have two!) and then headed up towards Ubirr.
Ubirr is in one of the northern most points of the park, and has a number
of rock art sites. It is also one of the most popular places for sunset viewing
over the wetlands, after climbing up the rock lookout. We headed up that way in
the late afternoon, as the Thomas' had left earlier to do a guided walk there.
We went to the famous Cahill Crossing - a causeway across the East Alligator
River into Arnhem Land.
We then went to check out the boat ramp where our
cruise leaves from tomorrow and had a feral pig walk across the road in front
of us. A few more stops and then we arrived at Ubirr too. The walk around the
rock art was fine for Greg but the climb up the rock for the viewing was difficult
for many seeing people so that wasn't something for him to attempt. I met the
Thomas' up the top and we enjoyed the view for a while, before coming down
before the sunset to beat the crowds.
Back at the caravan park - and given I was on dinner duty, and it was late
- we took the easy way out and ate at the bistro! And a pretty good feed it was
too. The plan was then to catch up on several days of blog entries given we have
had no service, but given we have an early morning tomorrow, you'll have to wait another day!
posted by Tracey @ 5:47 pm
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