Nourlangie - Kakadu

7th June 2013

Thankfully the mozzie invasion stayed away for the whole night and we were well rested to tackle the day. After the normal morning routine we packed down and hit the road at about 9am, bound for Malabanjbanjdu campsite, only 65kms down the road.

On the way I managed to miss the perfect opportunity to see a large Oenpelli Python, which was sunning itself on the road and I must have been day dreaming, as by the time I saw it, I couldn't stop in time to show the kids. By the time I found a suitable place to turn around and go back for a look, it was long gone, spewing!

We also made a detour back into Jabiru on the way as well, as Rach received a message from Nurse Sally from Humpty Doo, saying that Maggie had been prescribed the wrong antibiotic for the infection in her leg and needed a new script. Rach called and explained that we were now in Kakadu and thankfully the Jabiru Medical Centre squeezed us in pretty much straight away and confirmed some things over the telephone with Sally and it was all sorted within about an hour and a half, which was great news.

After Jabiru we also called back into the Bowali Visitors Centre, where we had internet reception and the girls could check and do a little bit of school work & buy some souvenirs. After which we finally made our way to the camp site, which was nice and small and at the time of setting up, we were the only ones there, perfect.

After lunch we set off for an area called Nourlangie, which is another amazing area in the park which show cases aboriginal rock art. We arrived at about 3pm and started our walk. At the first art site, it was noted that there was a ranger talk being held at 3.30pm which we decided to wait for. Ranger Meg gave us all a good run down on the history of the area and also what the particular site where we were would have been used by the local tribe.

Rach at Nourlangie

We basically followed Ranger Meg for the next couple of hours as she also had talks planned at a couple of other sites within Nourlangie. It was a great afternoon, very informative and the rock art and scenery were stunning. The walk finished at Gun-warddehwardde lookout, which took in views of Nourlangie ranges but also the low lying plains of Kakadu and the escarpment leading to Arnhem Land, it was just magic.

The girls listening to Ranger Meg

Gun-warrdehwarrde Lookout

We returned to the car and made our way back to the camp site, where only two other vehicles had set up for the night, we had tea and then lit the fire so we could toast some marshmallows. A great way to finish the day!

Camping at Malabanjbanjdu