Day 19: Jabiru

This morning we got up at 5am and left at 5:30am for a 55km drive to Cooinda where the Yellow River Cruise was departing from. We arrived at Cooinda at about 6:15am. Luckily we had some insect repellant because they were carrying away the unprotected!

The cruise was great ($97 each). It lasted for two hours and the scenery and animal life was terrific. This was the kakadu that we were expecting - wetlands, water lilies, crocodiles, eagles, etc......

We thought it was great value for money and it was followed up by a buffet breakfast at Cooinda included in the price.

We left Cooinda at about 10:15am and headed to Nourangie Rock which was on the way home. Nourangie Rock is a large rock outcrop with lots of caves and rocky overhangs and many of these areas are covered with aboriginal rock paintings. The walk was approximately 2 kilometres and we had some great views of the Kakadu escarpment plus numerous rock paintings. It was a worthwhile detour on the way home.

We got home hot and sweaty so it was straight to the pool, then some basic shopping and now the blog and it's 5pm as I type - where did the day go???