We woke up with the sun this morning and were up having coffee by 7 am! The kids all helped to pack up the van and so we were on the road by 830 am, saying goodbye to Kakadu. We drove without stopping to Mataranka and reached the caravan park around 1 pm. It's a huge park and we picked a site that we could stay hooked up on. Nick opened up the van to turn the power on and found green tree ants pouring out of our collapsible clothesline and climbing everywhe...

Woken throughout the night due to drunken idiots just outside the park. By the time we got up we had both decided it was time to move on and we look forward to going back across the Queensland Outback. Areas of Kakadu are really commercial and as it's peak time there are people everywhere - no sense of remoteness here! We had a quick breakfast and packed up the car then headed to Maguk (Barramundi Gorge) about 45 minutes drive from the caravan park. When we r...

Nick and I woke up around 6 am and couldn't get back to sleep. The kids soon climbed into our bed with all their electronic devises, pillows and teddies and it became time for a cup of coffee!! We had a very slow pack up and were on the road by 930 am but couldn't check in to Cooinda until 11 am so we stopped at the Yellow Water boat ramp and walked the boardwalk. We saw a few birds and watched some fish jumping but didn't see any crocs. Two fishermen were ...

Another fantastic night's sleep followed by a very slow start to the day. We had decided to spend the day around the caravan getting ready to head back to the Queensland coast tomorrow. However, instead we've decided to move to Cooinda tomorrow to explore the Mary River Region! We spent the morning doing some school work and getting the laundry done then Nick took the kids to the pool while I went into Jabiru to do some grocery shopping and stock up on suppl...

Everyone slept really well last night again and we didn't get up until 8 ish. This morning we had breakfast and then drove off to explore the South Alligator Region of Kakadu. We went to Mamukala first and walked out to the observation platform to view the wetlands. We spotted a short necked turtle and a few birds but no crocs. We then took the kids on a 3 km walk around the wetlands and although they seemed to enjoy it we didn't see any wildlife and it was...