We are up at a regimental six o’clock for departure towards Kakadu National Park. We make a stop at the Wetlands Information Centre to photograph termite mounds and to eat a buffalo pie.
After this, we have a walk around Nourlangie Rock, which archeologists think was used as shelter by Aboriginals as long as twenty thousand years ago. There are still rock paintings here, although some have been re-painted more recently as part of Aboriginal rock art custom. Quite saucy some of the pictures are too.
Having a pre-determined image of a desertified outback, I feel quite naïve to find that this time of year is very wet, and the rains now are heavier than usual, to our detriment. We camp at a lay-by which is purpose built for overnight stops, and are told by some fellow campers that much of our plans for tomorrow will probably be voided by flooding.
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