Kakadu Lodge Jabiru

... the trip to D*rwin.
We got * bus from the *irport into town - *fter * 4+ hour flight - *nd booked in *t the loc*l YHA, then we went for * w*lk round town *nd wh*t * lovely pl*ce it is, the h*rbour h*s undergone * multi-million pound development *nd it is quite stunning. We then w*lked down mitchell street, the pl*ce to be on * Frid*y night *nd it w*s buzzing with life, the D*rwin Br*ss b*nd w*s pl*ying Xm*s c*rols in the town squ*re *nd there ...

Kakadu national park is only a few hundred km away to the south east and on the way I visited the Jumping crocodiles. This involved taking a boat trip some of the way down the Adelaide river and keeping an eye out for big crocs. Some of them are about 5 meters which is bloddy massive, and when spotted the boat guy puts a bit of meat on a stick and the crocs jump out of the water to get it. They use their tail to propell themselves out of the water and the smaller crocs ...

... in wunderschoenen Naturpools (von Fischen gebissen werden inklusive)
sich auf dem Campinggrund verirren (und zwar alle, nicht nur ich!)
mit Skorpionen kaempfen (na gut, ich hab nicht gekaempft, ich hab einen 2cm Skorpion nur aus dem Zelt rausgekehrt...was aber nicht heisst, dass er nicht probiert hat abzuhauen und giftig gewesen sein koennte)
konstante Angst vor Schweissgeruch (den eigenen und den von den anderen)
Herumkraxeln in Nationalparks mit tollen Aussichten ...

... open faced mines including uranium mines.

We had the opportunity to take a scenic flight over Kakadu National Park. The park in this part is full of wetlands and escarpments. The area is coming out of the dry season now and in the “build up” where the clouds starting bunching up and they get showers and some hard rain. Later this month and into December and on, they will get the monsoon season where it might ...

... du moins le résultat de leurs œuvres spectaculaires. En effet, les « Cathedrales Thermits » font des maisons hors de la terre qui peut atteindre parfois, plus de 6 mètres. C’est vraiment incroyable de voir c’est petite montagne de terre composé de sable, excréments et salive des thermites. La forme de la tour (avec des silos sur les côtés) a été soigneusement étudiée pour maintenir la température à 20 ...

... through recently. Walking was pleasant, since the canopy cast thick shade over the path. We heard the squawking of white cockatoos and ominous rustles in the undergrowth, which had us jumping every time. As ever, much of the walk was along one of the rivers that all the signs around the place told us to avoid - sometimes I think Australians just pay lip-service to the crocodile threat for insurance purposes. Our hearts were in our mouths as we leaned ...

... around you is several degrees warmer than your core body temperature. This means that every moment between your frequent showers is spent with rivulets of sweat running down your spine and a thick sheen of sun cream mixed with sweat covering every inch of your body. It is impossible to hold a newspaper without its edges turning into soggy pulp in your hands. It’s not pleasant, and you may not want to hear it, but when you stand up after several ...

Kakadu is hot hot hot.
We're now into our fourth day back in Oz and it's the hottest weather that we've experienced yet. 38 degrees down to about 24 at night. Fortunately it's dry heat.
After an early morning arrival in Darwin on Saturday we collected our car camper and headed down to Mary River Park just outside of Kakadu. Now that we're in Kakadu the prices have doubled but the scenery is ...

Kakadu is a UNESCO world heritage site for its culture as well as its natural beauty and biodiversity and in the three days we spent there, we were able to see why. It’s an incredible landscape covering 20,000 square km which is initially very boring to drive through as all you can see is miles of gum trees and not much else. But when you arrive in the centre of the park, you are greeted by the sight of the Arnhem plateau, a stone escarpment bordering the park ranging from 30 to ...

Nejla's entry
DID YOU KNOW?Kakadu National Park is the largest National Park in Australia!We stayed in Kakadu for 3 nights.We spent our first night in a place called Ubirr, and did a walk on Ubirr Rock.We could see a fantastic Escarpment off the huge rock.We also walked to the edge of Kakadu and could see Arnhem Land.We tried to watch the sunset on Ubirr Rock, and just missed it by that much!But we still saw a spectacular view ...