After plenty of time spent in South East Asia, we have just left Australia after having an amazing time driving around for almost 3 months in a camper and are now in New Zealand doing the same :)
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It was so nice to sleep in an air-conditioned room last night! But woke up and Chris went straight to work mowing the lawns whilst Becks and I cleared the twigs and hoses out of the way.
After that, Daniel took us to go and see the magnetic termite mounds that point from North to south and the reason they do that is to get the sun when it both rises and sets to keep the mounds warm as much as possible.
Quite clever. After, we went to go for a cool off at some pools at Lichfield Park. Nice way to finish off the afternoon.
Let’s just hope she makes it and is still alive in the morning.
On route we stopped off at Adelaide River and took a boat trip to see the crocodiles. It was a really good trip as they tempt the crocs with big chunks of meat to persuade them to jump out of the water and we did get to see and learn about some of the massive ones.
They also fed the white bellied sea eagles and kites which was also pretty scary as they fly straight past you to grab the meat.
We arrived a bit later than planned to the park and after travelling 5kms up a dirt track to a free campsite we came across a huge puddle so instead headed for the next available place to stay for $29.
Finally we went to Ubirr which was a 1km track that takes you past several fascinating Aboriginal rock art sites, which some are a few thousand years old.
We then climbed to the top of a steep rocky lookout which has superb views over the Nadab floodplain which was beautiful.
Got up early once again and took a drive out to Nourlangie and went on a 1.5km walk past an ancient Aboriginal shelter and several more art sites.
We then went to the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre and learnt many things about the culture and history of Kakadu before watching a video and I fell fast asleep until Chris awoke me.
Then after a quick lunch we drove to Maguk and took a 2km walk through monsoon forest and along a Sandy and rocky creek which led us to a small Waterfall and a clear plunge pool where we went for a quick swim reassured by the rangers that this area had been checked for crocs although later signs suggested otherwise. Next stop to Pine Creek to meet up with Jesse, Rebecca’s brother for a couple of drinks and a pizza before pulling up at the pub campsite, pouring with rain where we camped out for the night.
The alarm went off at 5:30m this morning to get on the road first thing for an exhausted day of non-stop driving. Drove pretty much all day, with just a brief stop-over at Devil’s marbles which are a collection of round-ish rocks seemingly scattered in the desert.
Chris tried to move them but didn’t have much luck.
After hitting ‘snooze’ to many times we did surprisingly get up at 4:45am and drove into Uluru to see the amazing Ayers Rock for Sunrise with a ton of other tourists.
Although it is a rock, it’s still pretty impressive and thought we would make the most of our entry fee and walk around the base 10.2kms and do a couple of the extra walks to the waterhole and a gorge.
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