We had a slower start to the day but still on the road by 9:30. We checked out a few billabongs along the highway between Jabiru and Corroboree Inn. We arrived around lunch. The kids were excited to see they had two crocs on site; a 4.5m saltie and 2 m freshie. They weren't the finest specimens around and they looked a bit bored in there smallish enclosures. There were also several feral pigs and a couple of water buffalo (one albino). After lunch the kids had ...

Well we started off slowly this morning but headed down to the Nourlangie (Nawulamdja) art site by 830. We managed to sit in on the ranger talks and were thoroughly impressed with the knowledge we gathered in our short time. If you come up to Kakudu I would highly recommend taking the time to make it to the Ranger talks. I think I learned more about aboriginal kin and law in a morning than I ever have in 42 years. I suppose it was good having a white ranger with ...

We woke to more dingos howling and wild horses. After packing up camp at Gunlom we have a slow drive back out to the sealed road. We stopped at another waterfall for morning tea, this time it was Maguk (Barramundie Gorge). It was a little walk in to this one with lots of rock hopping. After a few slips Jacob got prime position on Joel's hip again. Anyway it was another pretty waterfall with the usual fish waiting to see if they would get fed. We didn't swim as it...

After a slow drive out of Umbrawarra Gorge. We stopped briefly at Pine Creek then headed into Kakadu from the southern end. We thought we would get some info at the Mary Rivet Roadhouse but they had no fuel or info or supplies to speak of :( We then stopped at the NP info centre a couple of k's and still not much info :( Anyway we knew we were going to camp at Gumlom first so drove in there. The road was fine at first but the last ten k or so were very flood dama...

Well after 3 days of swimming, walking and relaxing at Edith Falls we moved on a whole 100km to Umbrawarra Gorge; a quiet little spot just out of Pine Creek. It is a corrugated gravel road of about 20 km to the gorge and slow going but not too far. We were rewarded by a quiet place shared by only 3 other campers; it was good to escape the crowds for a night :). The gorge was a very speccy red rock lined gorge; at it's the entrance there was no flow but as we wal...