Kakadu

From Darwin we drove to Cahills crossing for high tide. We saw lots of crocs eating barramundi. Then we drove across the crossing, right next to 2 saltwater crocs, which was not scary at all.

Cahills Crossing: Croc Watching

 At the campsite, I learnt that Green "Honey ants" make nests in the trees by folding the leaves over with their own "honey glue". They do this to avoid floodwater. The local aboriginals eat them!

Green Ants Nest in Jabiru

 The next day we went on a "Yellow Water Cruise" and learnt about lots of birds, brumbies, crocs, turtles (I was the only one to see a turtle) Jabiru's, lilly pads, plants and the wetlands themselves. We spent a lot of time in the pool in Jabiru but it was a cold pool.

Yellow Water Cruise

Fun at the Jabiru Lodge Pool

 The next day we went 4 wheel driving to Jim Jim Falls. To get there we had to climb over lots of rocks. It was 37 degrees, but the plunge pool was very cold and refreshing.

Jim Jim Falls Plunge Pool

 Then we drove to Twin falls, it was tall and looked 'inviting' but we were not allowed to swim here. It was a big day driving on dirt tracks and walking, but we did lots of swimming too.

Twin Falls

 The next day we did a bush walk around Noarlangie Rock where we saw lots of Rock Art and listened to a ranger (Rhys) speak about the history of the caves and paintings from 20 thousand years ago!

Rock Art at Noaralange

 That night we went to Ubirr Rock (another climb) to watch the sunset and more rock art.

Looking out from Ubirr Rock over Kakadu

Sunset at Ubirr Rock

 On our last day in Kakadu we went to two more waterfalls (along 2 more 4WD tracks) called Maguk and Gunlom falls. The first one was warm and the second one was refreshing after another long climb in the heat.

Maguk falls, one of our favourites

On top of Gunlom Waterfall