Catching up with Friends in Darwin
Monday 4th – Friday 8th August
Taking the car into Darwin
provided an opportunity to visit some old friends and we enjoyed a relaxing
time at their house with hot water on tap. Thankfully Sophie handed washing
machine rights over to me and we had clean clothes again! Sophie and Martin
took us to Darwin which has changed
a lot in 7 years, we enjoyed the newly developed outdoor wave pool and had a
lovely sunset dinner at the boat club catching up on news, meeting new people
and feeling as if time had stood still!
Spectacular Jumping Crocodiles
Wow, this was an awesome experience, great value for money
and one off the boys top 3 picks so far! The crocs have meat dangled from a rod
on the 2nd floor of a boat and they literally jump out of the water
to reach it! Not only was it amazing to see their agility but a chilling
reminder to keep well away from the waters edge when camping in croc territory.
Kakadu
Expectations were high when we entered this world renowned
park, and although I’m sure it deserves its heritage listing we were
underwhelmed. I think the lack of opportunities to swim was always going to be
a disappointment, but the intense mosquito action in the East Alligator region
left us drenched in repellent and still fighting the critters off! Logan
ended up with 37 bites on his legs alone, and the subsequent itching and
complaining made us all miserable!!
We stayed one night at Merl and caught the
beautiful sunset at Ubir before moving onto the off road campsite near JimJim
falls. This had less mozzies, but was crowded and bereft of vegetation. We
walked into JimJim Gorge and were impressed with the sandy beach-like appearance
of the banks along the gorge. The next morning we headed out to Twin
Falls gorge, took a short but enjoyable boat trip into
the gorge and admired the waterfall. We found huge Golden Orb Weaver spiders and the boys had a selfie with them! Although Twin Falls was our highlight in Kakadu,
we left a day early ready to escape the crowds and get back to the real
wilderness!
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