Kakadu, Northern Territory



Gunlom Falls



"I gotta feeling' is a line from one of those new songs that Daniel considers one of his favourites.  We left Muirella campground that morning with our destination to Gungural campgrounds.  Remembering that we'd had a message on our phone from our Brit pals, Stew and Les, saying that they were in Katherine about 2 days ago.  In the back of our minds we were thinking that they were either on their way up to Darwin or there was a slight possiblity that they would be on their way up through Kakadu first.  Well as we're heading along
Kakadu Hwy approaching us on the opposite side were Stew and Les, obviously oblivious to all the commotion we were making, clanking the  car horn, lights aflashing as they passed us.  We pulled over to the side of the road grabbed the CB radio but we'd assumed they had theirs turned off and the mobile had no coverage.  Well! what a chance meeting that would have been before we catch up in a month's time to do the Cape York trip together.        

Gunlom water falls

Arriving at Gungural campground we decided that it wasn't as nice as we'd heard about Gunlom so we made tracks for that destination.  However, as we approached the end of the sealed road looking at each other pensively and asking ourselves "are we taking the van through here?" No sooner had an approaching visitor stopped to say that if it was him he wouldn't be taking his van in on that road!  Wise decision, with that we had to make the
decision to head down further south (only another 11ks) to Mary River Roadhouse where we'd set up for the night.  Here we could leave the van for before heading back to Gunlom Falls for a dip in the plunge pool and to catch up with our new friends.

Special thanks must go to Malcolm from SA, on meeting in Darwin, for buying me the noodle.  It goes swimming with us everywhere. I used to be a better swimmer but the noodle is just more protection for when I see a croc!  After deciding to meet up again in Katherine, on Monday for a couple of days, for a meal together with our friends it was time to head back to the roadhouse.  Daniel had had a couple of beers so I was in luck to be able to drive back on the 4wd road.  Hello! so I thought.

I think it's time for a swim

You know living together for 24/7 can have its advantages as well as its drawbacks, always in each others' faces, same clothes, same conversations (not all the time!)anyway you get the idea.  But when it comes to his car and me driving it...well counselling would help (him!).  "Hey Marysia, not so fast, be careful, did you see that rock, keep more to the right, (hello, I'd be on the other bloody side of the road..if I listened to him)"  well, you ladies would know how it is, I was just so close to pulling over and letting him have his bloody car and wheels back but I simply added  "Look, Daniel I can roll this  car just about as good as you!" well we both just laughed, he laid off and I drove home........ha ha hummmmmmmmming away merrily!

Water's fine come in!

What a beautiful spot

Hey! come in!

I just love my noodle

Can't be too sure about those crocs!

Crocs!

Mary River Roadhouse...Black Cockatoos

One can get pretty tired in a day's work!

Edith Falls....water pristine

Edith Falls

By the banks

Just looking

Time for another swim

A walk along the ridge

Spectacular walk and sceneries

You wouldn't want to slip!

Nice clean water above ground level of 60metres

My shot

Bit of a climb....don't slip

You can see everything in the water

Oops almost lost a footing!