KAKADU'S BETTER THAN KATHERINE!

Following on from my "signs you don't see in Victoria" collection! I think the one above is very good advice, ha ha.

Mmmm.....horses, better watch out for them! And they were around, that's for sure, as you can see from the photo below. One had to drive past them very slowly, in case they got spooked. The stallions are really flighty, and so protective of their harem!

You remember the first crocodile sign....."danger, crocodiles COULD be in these waters". Well, how about this one, leaving no doubt at all. Very large crocodiles inhabit these waters, and believe me folks, they do!

We had a wonderful time at Kakadu, what a great part of Australia. The area of Ubirr is famous for its Aboriginal rock art, it is pretty amazing to be looking at something that someone painted at least ten thousand years ago.

A drawing of a thylacine, proving that these animals did indeed inhabit australia thousands of years ago ...............

Some of the artwork is just stunning, a visual insight into the lives of Aboriginal people many, many years ago. For many of them life is no longer busy and fruitful, providing for the tribe and their family - they have slipped into a circle of welfare dependency and it is appalling to drive around these parts and see how this has affected so many of them. Anyway, enough of that! This is not the appropriate place to dwell on such political issues.

Wind and rain have done a great job of eroding many of the rock formations around Kakadu, leaving monoliths such as the above and below - just paradise for picture takers!

Kakadu is so lush and tropical, despite the fact that the wet is so late this year (luckily for us). It is just vast, and the birdlife is amazing, as indeed is the birdlife in the whole of the Territory. There are birds up here I have never seen before, and the parrots and lorikeets are stunning.

And did I mention crocodiles - we went on the Yellow River cruise. The poor guide lady was trying to point out all the different birds, but of course all the people on the cruise wanted to see (really) was CROCODILES! We followed this fulla for ages, just moseying on down the river, checking his terrain. I kept my arms and legs safely inside the boat!!!

And here he is, Mr Jabiru, the symbol of the Northern Territory. Quite unperturbed by the danger lurking by. Peripheral vision is a wonderful thing!!!

More crocodiles, laughing at us no doubt!The scenery as the sun started to set was breathtaking - we took so many photos, and it's always hard to choose the best, so here are just two.

As they say, you'll never never know, if you never never go, so we've been, and now we do know! It's beautiful.

From Kakadu we headed back to Katherine for a couple more weeks in the mango sheds, then set off for Western Australia, which is where we are now. We did a cruise of the Katherine Gorge, so that will be the next lot of photos on the blog, then we will be up to date. Broome is great, we are having a lovely time. We can actually drive down onto Cable Beach in the car, someone had a big grin on his face once he was told he could do that by the ranger! So that's what we do at least once a day - drive onto the beach, park the car, and hit the surf! Life is good!