Another slow start after nagging the girls to write their journals - somethings never change! We travelled from Cooinda down to Gunlom falls today in the southern part of the Kakadu national park. We got our first real taste of corrugations on the 4wd track to the camping ground. Geoff was excited as he got to use his air compressor. The camping area is beautiful it over looks the falls and is near the waterhole at the base of the falls. After a swim we had an ea...

After a slow morning, well actually all our mornings are slow, we headed back to Cooinda as we had booked on a tour called Animal Tracks which started at 1pm. It turns out this was a great decision as it is the best thing we have done so far. We went in a small 4wd to experience a hands on aboriginal bush tucker experience. An aboriginal lady named Patsy joined us and showed us how the aboriginal people forage for food-not just in times gone past but some still l...

Still in Kakadu, we got up early to join a ranger walk and talk at 8am. It went for about an hour and a half and was very interesting, all about the geology and flora of the area. We then packed up and headed off to Jim Jim falls along a 4wd track to a stunning campground. A 10km further drive and 1km walk leads you to an amazing freshwater pool that is surrounded by tall cliffs. Even though it was only a 1km walk to the waterhole it was mostly over boulders so b...

I think I have already written this but i seem to have deleted it so here i go again.....Today we started the day with a swim in the pool at Cooinda which is the nice camping ground where we weren't staying! We left for Merl which is another camping area in the north of Kakadu near the border of Arnhem land. We drove via one of the cultural centres which are extremely well done and very educational. If we were sans kids we would spend much longer at the cultural...

Geoff decided we wouldn't enter Kakadu on the regular highway, but rather via a 4wd track, the old Jim Jim Road. Turned out to be a good move as we came across a very picturesque billabong where we stopped and had lunch, although I had one eye on the river the whole time in case a croc was also feeling like lunch. After 3 river crossings we stopped at a basic camping area for the night which was a few Kms away from the resort at Cooinda. We had marshmallows over ...