Camping means no sleeping in! Dan has us up by 6:00am, breakfast is at 6:30, and we are on the road by 7:00! Today we were headed to Kakadu National Park. This is a huge place the size of Slovenia. It 's landscape varies from rocky sandstone escarpment to historical Aboriginal rock art dating back thousands of years to mangrove fringed floodplains teeming with birdlife and crocodiles.
Each day we are refreshed by swims in plunge pools or rock holes. The weather is hot but we have been blessed with partly cloudy skies most of the time. Humidity is just great for my hair!
After leaving one of the pools, Ellen, Pat, and I got a head start to our truck. Then the skies opened up. I hate getting wet, but there was no choice. Staying under a tree provided no reprieve as terminates have virtually destroyed all trees of any size which means no lush protection. Actually, we had to admit it was more refreshing than trekking back in the humidity. (We have learned to look for silver linings!)
We arrived at a pretty descent campsite and the restroom facilities were clean and virtually bug-free! I slept in a top bunk and we had no mozzies (mosquitoes).
