Kakadu National Park

Aidan and Cody at the wetlands

Ubir lookout - photo doesn't do it justice

Sunset at Ubir

Jaime and boys watching the end of the sunset

We are currently in Kakadu National Park. We will be spending 4 nights here. We have been to see some beautiful wetland area, particularly at Mamukala and at Yellow Water where we put the boat in and drove around ourselves. We have seen a lot of Aboriginal rock paintings, and learnt what they mean (or what they think they mean). We have done a number of walks and climbed up to different lookouts to see some of the spectacular views, the best by far was at Ubir which was up on an escapement looking out over wetland areas and onto Arnhem Land and other escapements. It was actually used in the movie Crocodile Dundee and we could see why you would choose such a place, incredible 360 degree views. We visited a couple of Aboriginal Cultural Centres and Aidan and Cody enjoyed seeing how the Aboriginals collect, hunt and cook food and hearing a lot of the dreamtime stories. The only downside to Kakadu were the mosquitoes, you had to wear long pants and tops at the campsites so that they didn’t eat you alive! We also heard plenty of dingoes while camping at a couple of the places we stayed the night.

Here is a very quick video message to the kids at St Marys School from Aidan and Cody.