Arrived Kakadu just around 1pm yesterday and it was quite a hot day. First stopped at the info centre to get some details on the Yellow Water Cruise. There was this road status report on the billboard. The road to Jim Jim and Twin Falls, the main thing in Kakudu I wanted to see, was closed still. Next time I suppose..
Booked myself a sunset cruise on Yellow Water so had a few hours to spare. I went to check out Nourlangie Rock. I found out that Aboriginal people that live here said the place should actually be called Burrunggui (the upper section of Nourlangie) and Anbangbang (the lower section). The indigenous people been using the huge rocks here for shelters and meetings for thousands of years. There were plenty of rock arts to look at. I couldn’t do the whole walk as time constraint though would have loved to.
The famous Yellow Water Wetland didn’t disappoint. The birds, the plants, the crocodiles and the ‘Mosquitoes’. It was kinda of a blur because I was so busy snapping away to anything that looked slightly interesting. The only thing was that I wish I had a bigger zoom lens. Did I mention that it was my first time that I saw any crocs in the wild. They were kinda ‘dopey’ and happy to pose for all the visitors. Watched the sunset on the boat and it was amazing.
It’s time to decide to stay or go. Jim Jim is not accessible, Yellow Water: checked, Rock Arts: checked, and I hate mossies: checked. So decision was kinda easy – Time to Go!
Since it’s the way I had to come back to go west so drove about 280km back to Katherine. Absolutely exhausted by the time I got into town. I found myself a spot, parked the car. I tried to blog but just simply didn’t have the strength so I just ‘crashed’
John @ Katherine, N.T.
Images: 1. Rock Art at Nourlangie Rock; 2. Yellow Water; 3. Croc and Sunset (Can you spot it?); 4. Water Lilies; 5. Croc and Ducks; 6. Wildlife; 7. Swimming Crocodile; Sunset over Yellow Water
