Kingfisher Travels

Well... what a long exhausting day.  But a great one. Picked up at 7:30am for our 4wd tour to Twin and Jim Jim Falls.  (Returned at 6pm) Definate high clearance 4wd country.. enjoyed the bouncing and creeks but not the corrugations. Once at Twin Falls there was discussion from our French Guide, Jane, about which walk to do.. the easy to the bottom of the falls (no swimming due crocodile) or the more adventurous to the top (swimming allowed).  The group asked advice about how hard it might be, Jane (Tarzan's wife obviously) said not too hard a little steep to start about 30m....... well if you know how the Kings Canyon Loop is then you have some idea of what this walk was like (not as steep but not Tracey's chosen environment - or mine for that matter).  We got out of the 4wd truck and looked up and up but (wrongly) assumed we would not be climbing this escarpment above as this was obviously not 30m and would be hard. Well after some fr...

Today we visited a few places..   still haven't seen any crocodiles.      We left Kakadu Lodge, Jabiru about 9 heading to the Kakadu border with Arnhem Land and Ubirr Rock. Ate some breakfast on the banks of the East Alligator River before visiting the Aboriginal Art site at Ubirr Rock.  Climbing onto the Ubirr Rock lookout provided some fantastic views (photos above) - also seen in Crocodile Dundee. Leaving here late morning to rendezvous with our 1pm Kakadu Air scenic flight from Jabiru.         And scenic it was... some spectacular countryside, rough rocky terrain siding onto vast flood plains.   Then onto Cooinda via another spectacular landscape sight, Nourlangie Rock (photos below).   A busy day but most enjoyable, we stay here at Gagudja Cooinda Lodge for 2 nights.  An early start tomorrow for our 4wd safari day to Jim Jim and Twin Falls....

Picked up our motorhome today and (after some grocery shopping and the wait for the van) headed for Kakadu.  Got to Jabiru and decided this would do... staying at Kakadu Lodge park. The area up here looks very brown and dry then you can drive through some swamp looking areas.. very strange.  Not much else to report today.

After a bit of a flight delay (on board) we arrived to thongs and shorts weather - 30 degrees.  Tracey loved it.  A bit of a wander around the CBD and port development, arriving back out our hotel for dinner. Where I think Tracey enjoyed her first Northern Territory taste... Mud Crab for dinner. Catch ya

We are ready for our short holiday into the Top End.  We will be without our trusty 4wd thus the roads we travel may not be as adventurous.  But we will be looking to see as much of the Top End that we can. I have labelled the map above with our "planned" overnight stops (blue dot - number indicates which night). I plan to blog every day or 2.  We are looking forward to an enjoyable holiday. Catch ya

This will be a test of blogging. If you look at the heading you will note... already off to a flying start!!!