Kakadu National Park

Kilometer 10500-15000

Kakadu, Australia's largest and most revered national park, occupies a large portion of the northern territory. A few hundred kilometers from Darwin, Kakadu is a place for large "salties", 6 meter crocs that leap from the water for prey. It's also home to some of the most important Aboriginal rock art. There are over 5000 documented art sites in the park. Kakadu is listed as a World Heritage Site for both its cultural and natural importance.

During the wet season, almost the entire park becomes flooded and transformed into swampy marsh lands. In a few months time, all of this will be dried out and parched by searing heat.

Ubirr Rock is one of the most important Aboriginal sites in all of Australia

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More scenery from around the park...

My group at the spectacular Motorcar Falls. Greg, our guide, got butt naked at just about every opportunity. Despite my warnings that he'd be wearing his birthday suit on the internet, he persisted. Cheers, Greg.

Large Termite mounds, some over 6 meters tall, are everywhere in the territory. These are made by grass eating termites, but the wood eating ones make large mounds as well. Interesting fact: The dij is made from tree branches that are hollowed out by termites...

For my friend, Myrna:
My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky
So was it when my life began, so it is now I am a man.
(A poem by Wordsworth that Myrna, a hitchhiker I picked up, made me memorize... I remembered!)