Thursday 14th July
It was a bit of a slow start this morning but we eventually got going. Our first port of call was the Bowalie Information Centre which has a fantastic display of the history and Aboriginal culture of Kakadu. We then went to Nourlangie Rocks where we walked through the bush to see a cave where aboriginals used to take shelter from the heat and we also saw a lot of examples of rock art.
As usual I was lagging behind everybody but this time it worked to my advantage. I got caught up in a tour of seniors who had the most fantastic aboriginal guide – all I could think of was if I hadn’t died my hair before we left home I would have fit right in with them and not looked quite as conspicuous as I did. While I was tagging along with them the guide pointed out a drawing that was a man upside down with red circles around the elbows and knees – he explained that this was a sign that this area was ‘sickness land’ which is where uranium has been found .
Another reason it was great to be behind today was that I was the only one who got to see the wallaby with the baby in its pouch.
We then went to Arbangbang Billabong where we were planning to do the 2km walk around the perimeter which was great until we got there and saw the sigh that said crocs have been known to come up to the walking track and there was a photo to prove it! So we headed to Sandy Billabong which was beautiful and we were the only ones there. Paul and Josh even saw a croc waaaaaaay in the distance. We had lunch here and the kids payed some kind of geography/maths game that Georgia taught them so we all figures that counted as their school work for the day.
After lunch the Burgesses and Wooldridges went up to Ubirr and the Garments went down to Yellow Water. I was really keen to do a sunset cruise on Yellow Water unfortunately the cost was far too much for us all to go so Luke and I went while Paul took the other kids to the resort for a swim.
Luke and I loved it – we got to see heaps of birdlife, whistling ducks, the floodplains and even a few lazy crocs!
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