3d955c04cac4b397e384815ad5161271

Kakadu National Park Travel Guide powered by advice from Real Travelers

 Get Real Deal alerts »

Kakadu National Park, staying at Jabaru and then Cooinda

From Around Australia in the fifth wheeler in Kakadu National Park, Australia on Sep 09 '08

Symons_Family has visited no places in Kakadu National Park
show more map
Mamukala Billabong
Mamukala Billabong
see all photos »

Stayed at the Aurora Tourist Park, no free camping at the moment because of the hot weather, 38 degrees every day now so electricity for the air conditioners now.

11th Sept: Mamukala Wetlands, went for a 3 km walk around the wetlands to see thousands of Magpie Geese, the noise was a hum like a bee hive. We drank about 4 litres between us, by the time we had finished it was getting very hot.

Rested in the afternoon heat and then went to Ubirr to see the sunset from the lookout and also to see the heritage rock art by the aborigines ancestors, very old, 20,000 years of more.

Road to Ubirr
Road to Ubirr
see all photos »

12th Sept: rest day and work/school work catch up. Organised the permit into Oenpelli. Talked to our neighbours, Linda and Jamie who were camped in a open walled tent with only flyscreen. Jamie from Thursday Island had been catching and researching crocs and had got a job at the caravan park as the chef for the bistro. Linda was very shy at the start but eventually talked non stop about her aboriginal family and spiritual stories of the land. She made bead jewelery, which the kids helped her with and then started to paint. She was originally from the central desert and also had family in Darwin and Arnhem land so she had a blend of dot painting and xray painting.

Sunset at Ubirr
Sunset at Ubirr
see all photos »

13th Sept: Drove into Oenpelli, 13 km's into Arnhem land to go to the art gallery. We weren't allowed to stop anywhere apart from the art gallery but managed to take some shots of the Red Lily pond and some nice scenery. The landscape was much nicer in Arnhem land. The gallery was full of all types of aboriginal art and they were sitting around the building making didgeridoos, grass baskets and painting xray art. One artist, Graeme, was making paint from ochre, glue and waters, the real deal! We crossed the Alligator River at Cahill crossing back to Kakadu and saw looks of big salties, when the tide went out, 2 crocs crossed the road.

Sunset at Ubirr
Sunset at Ubirr
see all photos »

Rested for the afternoon and then went to the Jabiru Festival, ate bush pig and barramundi cooked under the ground on paperbark, nice, we missed sampling the magpie geese. We listened to the band, walked around the stalls and finished off watching fireworks the went on and on.

Kids were taught how to do the dot painting by Linda and sat with her all day working on their paintings while listening to her dreaming stories.

Went for a walk around aboriginal rock art at Nourlangie Rock and the Anbangbang billabong with Linda and Jamie. Heaps of different birds. Linda tried to find a turtle with a stick for the kids and us to eat but she only found a rock. She was great for the kids, a priceless lesson for them.

Croc Crossing!! (Cahill's Crossing)
Croc Crossing!! (Cahill's Crossing)
see all photos »

Bought painting that Linda had been painting for us day and night for three days. Linda gave up necklaces with seeds on them to keep spirits away, Brett's has a big croc tooth on his.

Tuesday 16th Sept: Moved on to Cooinda to stay at the resort, caught up with a bit of work and then went in the pools for the rest of the day.

Thursday 18th: Went on the Yellow Waters walk with the ranger at 8 am, lovely. Saw little frogs, lots of birds and burramundi.

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

Road to Oenpelli
Road to Oenpelli
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

Artist painting at Injalak Art Centre Oenpelli
Artist painting at Injalak Art Centre Oenpelli
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

Aboriginal Rock art at Nourlangie Rock
Aboriginal Rock art at Nourlangie Rock
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

Wandering Whistling Ducks at Yellow Waters
Wandering Whistling Ducks at Yellow Waters
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

Yellow waters
Yellow waters
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

Red lillies at Yellow Waters
Red lillies at Yellow Waters
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

Green-Pygmy Geese, Yellow Waters
Green-Pygmy Geese, Yellow Waters
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

Girly Jabiru
Girly Jabiru
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

Pied Cormorant having a catfish Dinner
Pied Cormorant having a catfish Dinner
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

White-bellied Sea Eagle
White-bellied Sea Eagle
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

Yellow waters
Yellow waters
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

Yellow waters
Yellow waters
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

Sunrise over Yellow Waters
Sunrise over Yellow Waters
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

South Alligator River, Yellow Waters
South Alligator River, Yellow Waters
see all photos »

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE PICTURES

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************

************************ ************************* **************


Would you like to comment or ask a question?

Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you're already a member).

Where have you been lately?

Share your travels with friends & family

Free travel blog
Sign up for a free travel blog

Popular Kakadu National Park Hotels

  1. Aurora Kakadu
more Kakadu National Park hotels »