KAKADU YAHOO

We met a woman in Undara and as I recall she had made the comment Kakadon't ...  We're not sure which part of Kakadu she missed but it must have been all of it cause this place is definitely a DO. We arrived here yesterday and headed out for dinner with Ian and Janine at the Jabiru social club. Very social we thought and nice meals to for a place in the middle of nowhere they did well (so we thought!) We are staying at Aurora kakadu resort (great pool and bar area, great after a long days walking) for the next 4 nights and will then head down a little further toward Coorinda and Gunlom for a night or two. Today.. after I got over my little hangover (Janine made me do red and white and bubbly last night) we head out to one of the seven regions of Kakadu called Nourlangie. We set off on a few smaller walks as it was forecast to be 32 today and there were no swim areas in this particular region. We first did the  Nourlangie circuit walk which took us past numerous outstanding art sites including one called the gallery which was most impressive. A bit of a steep climb to Gun-warddehwardde lookout for breath taking views of the escarpment and Nouralangie.

Anbangbang billabong
Next we head to Anbangband billabong, one of the more attractive looking billabongs of Kakadu. Of course no swimming and you could guess why. I think the reeds are a great place for a big FAT croc to hide and wait for picnicers.



                                                                                                           

Last walk of the day was Nawurlandja lookout to view Gunwarrdewarrde (stone country). This walk was only around 600m from the car park but what a 600 m it was. It was a steep trek up slopped rock faces which required a few breaks for little Pip. The photo at the top of the blog shows Pip on top of one of the rocks at the top. This view was sooo cool, we sat there for about 1/2 hr just watching out across the park. I think even Pip felt a little rush of emotion as she said to me " Thanks mum for taking me around Australia, this is beautiful" aahhhh...

The walk getting up to the top

Nearly at the top

The view from the top

and on the way back down

Back to the park for a swim to cool off.

Sitting chatting to a elderly lady traveling solo .. we hear this barking noise, well there are no dogs here and the dingoes ( saw one wandering aimlessly on the road today)
well they can't bark. The lady, whose name unfortunately we never got, said can you hear the barking OWLS.    "Dead set' the owls, 2 of them were barking. I tried to tape them but each time I got too close the buggers stopped.