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15th of
August, Million Miles Away
The final day, they played Offspring's "Million
Miles Away" during take off in Bangkok, which was,
for my opinion, a very good sign. Singapore was a five
hour stop on the way to Darwin but the time passed by
pretty fast since the airport has a lot to offer (city
tour, cinema, food-court etc.).
16th of August, Finally Down Under,
Darwin
Arrival in Darwin at 4:30 in the morning. Instead of
exploring the city I went straight to the youth hostel
to get some sleep. Later that day I booked my trip to
Kakadu National Park, Uluru (Ayers Rock), and a 4000
kilometre Bus ticket.
17th of August, Kakadu National Park
I left the youth hostel at 6:30 to meet up with
my singing tour guide Glen and eight other travellers
(Jane, Raphael, Jenn, Alexandra, Georgia, Per, Eveline
and Klaus). In the beginning a group of strangers, but
in the end we acted like we would have know for years.
The Kakadu National Park is about 500 kilometres east
of Darwin.We started with a crocodile and wildlife cruise
on the Corroboree Billabong, a part of the Marry River
system.
We were able to see "Salties" (saltwater crocodiles)
and "Freshies"(freshwater crocodiles), the
two different types of crocodiles in this area also
various kind of birds and a few buffalo’s. Next was
he Ubirr Rock, where Aboriginal left some amazing art
sites.
While the European, African and Asian cultures where
rising and falling, the Aboriginal in Australia spend
most of their time with hunting, eating, sleeping, playing
the Digaridoo and drawing. What a peaceful life...
After the close look on Aboriginal art, we went to
the Jim Jim Falls. We reached the plunge pool by a walk
through the rain forest. Relaxing in the cool, clear
water was a excellent refreshing after the ten hour
drive.
18th of August, Kakadu NP, Twin Falls
We spend the whole day at the Twin Falls. In the
morning we hiked up to the top of the waterfalls to
look down to the magnificent gorge.
To reach the final top of the Twin Falls we had to
climb through a little cave which was an real experience.
Glen was the first one to climb down the cave and instructed
us how to climb down safety. After walking back and
eating lunch, we swam up to the base of the Twin Falls.
 I
had my snorkelling gear with me so could watch the underwater
world with all different kind of fishes (no crocodiles...).
In the evening, we walked up to the Budjimii Outlook,
to watch the sunset. Glen prepared a wonderful Barbecue
with different kinds of meat (Crocodile, Kangaroo and
Buffalo), and potatoes. We finished the day with some
group talk, sitting around the camp-fire.
19th of August, Kakadu NP, Barramundi Gorge
The day started early, as we wanted to reach the Barramundi
Gorge before the crowd would arrive there. After swimming
and relaxing, we had to leave the Kakadu NP, to go back
to Darwin. I really recommend a minimum of 3 days in
the Kakadu national park, there is so much to see, I’m
quiet sure you could spend two weeks in this amazing
nationalpark.
20th of August, Bus to Alice Springs
I had to leave Darwin at lunch time to go 1500 kilometre
south, to Alice Springs. A never-ending 22 hour journey. |
