Kakadu National Park
Trip Start
Aug 26, 2004
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Trip End
Aug 31, 2007
Kakadu National Park,
Australia
Sunday, May 20, 2007
We meet our driver-guide Debden (?!?!) he's a kiwie... and because you need a 4WD for the NP we've got a massive truck where you can fit 18 people.
First stop we go to a billabong (it means always water in aboriginal language) we do a 2hr cruise with the crocs and thousands of birds...
To explain, in the north of Australia, you've got two seasons, the dry and the wet. During the wet season, most of the north is not accessible covered by water. Right now it's just the end of the wet season and they start to reopen everything to the public, perfect timing for us!
The we head off to the NP to see aboriginal paintings dating back to 500,000 years ago! and the campsite where we're gonna sleep tonight...
One thing wet = mosquitos!!!!
In the morning, Debden tells us we're going to swim in water falls today...exciting!
Unfortunately, i couldn't go to the top of the water falls because of the fucking knee but Caro went and you'll see the pictures, just amazing! No worries I still got to swim at the bottom of the water falls, sweet!
Just before going back to Darwin we stopped in other water falls, smaller but still really nice... When we actually got there, the first people to reach the water said " we saw a snake in the water.." Debden said " no worries, probably a water snake, won't hurt you..." so we all jumped in there! And suddenly Debden spotted a snake in a tree on the side... " Oh that's a brown snake..."
For those who don't know, the brown snake is in the top 7 of the deadliest snakes in the country... and this little fella thought it would be a good idea to come and swim with us... :-)
Of course we all jumped out of the water in 5 seconds!
That was our Kakadu experience and it was great.
Back to Darwin, we met all the guys from the tour in the Vic hotel for a free meal and a crazy night, just look at the pictures, Caro will tell you more... ha ha ha !!!
