Kakadu

Tuesday 23rd
After a huge effort of packing up we were able to leave before 10am and a little sad goodbye to the place we have called home for 4 weeks and the people that have let us have a taste of what life is like up around Darwin and Berry Springs. They say to truly experience it we have to come back in the wet season!
We drove through Kakadu and stopped at Jabiru, Bowali Visitor Centre.

Look what they had. This amazing creation of a seat. It was very comfortable and smooth to touch. The man that made it just keeps looking for wood and fallen down trees that are the right shape to make what he wants! Very clever.
We drove to Malabanjbanjdju camping area. No I didn't hold down the keys or randomly let Manning have a go at naming a place! We had to fill out a card to say where we were staying. Tim was doing this and he asked me the name of the camp ground. I smiled and handed him the map! What a name. Anyway we unhitched the caravan and drove to Nourlangie rock to look at the Aboriginal paintings on the rock. That was really easy to get to and it was great to see paintings that they had done years ago when they would camp at this rock. The kids kept trying to guess what the paintings were about and how they painted them. It gave us a little idea of how they lived. There were a lot in this area to see so it was worth coming.

At the lookout before we walked to see the paintings.

The angle of these rocks. The breeze was cool coming through here.


Back at the caravan the mozzies were starting to come out and I very rarely get bitten but they were attacking me in what felt like hundreds! So tea was eaten very quick and dishes were done inside! The night was a little cooler than what we were use to at Berry Springs.