Day 152: Litchfield - Kakadu

We had heard so much good stuff about Kakadu National Park we were really looking forward to visiting it.

Our camp site was at Gunlom Falls, a nice park managed area with hot showers (very important). We set up our tarp and roof tent in the vast park, put on our bathers and set off for the two minute walk to the falls.

After Oly had a brief dip in the cold water we decided to climb the steep path to the top of the falls were there where some beautiful pools and views. The climb was so steep it was bordering on the torturous, but I got there in the end. One assumes the return journey would be a breeze as it is downhill, but in a way it is even harder!

We returned to our camp satisfied that we had worked hard and deserved a nice rest. The camp site was still pretty empty, however three family's who were travelling together had set up camp and surrounded us with their huge tents, a big tarp and three 4x4's.

They were so loud, and their kids were even louder. They kept on kicking their ball into us and under our car. Come 10PM when they were still talking loudly, one said "They have a no noise policy after 10PM" (this is normal for all camp sites) and another replied "It's never stopped us before".

Over the course of the evening three people asked them to keep the noise down. When they finally went to bed, the man in the tent near the foot of our ladder snored so loudly I had to wear ear plugs.

I hate school holidays...

Emelie

2007-06-29 Gunlom Falls, Kakadu PHOTO ALBUM