We enjoyed our stay at Howard Springs, set off Monday morning down the Arnhem Hwy for Kakadu National Park. Not a long drive today.
Had a look around the town and visitors centre to decide on where to go and what to see in a couple of days. In the evening at the Kakadu Lodge (where we are staying) walked to the pool/bistro/bar where a ranger gave a very interesting slide show and explanation on Rock Art.
Decided to go south and see Nourlangie Rock Art, had a 1.5 km circular walk that took us past ancient Aboriginal shelters and rock art sites. Climbed up to a lookout for great views of the Kakadu escarpment.
We had a great day finishing off with a sunset cruise on the Yellow Water Wetlands which is part of the South Alligator River floodplain one of Kakadu's best know landmarks located near a small settlement of Cooinda about 50 klms south of Jabiru. Birds and crocodiles were plentiful.
The next day we drove north east from Jabiru to Ubirr (Oo-beer) to another rock art site and stopped at Cahills Crossing on the East Alligator River where the man was taken just recently by a croc from his fishing boat, there was quite a large croc in the water which is very muddy being a tidal river. Some tourists came along and were standing quite close to the river edge when warned by another tourist they were too close and how dangerous it was despite all the warning signs that are everywhere.
It was quite hot so didn't do the climb at Ubirr to look out over the floodplain. Rock art was amazing these photo's not very clear.
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