What a great day!

The breakfast here is pretty good. The rooms are just okay, the bathrooms good, the location great.

Sunday mornings are pretty quiet here. About 1030, when the walking tour started, things started to pick up. This is also when the coffee shops open lol. The tour was good. A dude in the group travels with an owl figurine. We bonded.

After a snack I went to the modern art museum. Nice, small, and free. Sweet. The temporary exhibit is a by a Chinese artist. Sun Xun. Great stuff and varied. He has a lot of videos, not my thing bc the cultural meaning isn’t apparent to me, but cool anyway.

Then I met up with a gal I met in Adelaide who is working here. We visited a bit.

It’s cold here. I keep forgetting the winter thing lol.

Also, RIP my budget. I’d thought I was prepared for the prices, but damn! I wasn’t.

Nice, nice day.

Nice travel day. Everything went just right, and I found a delightful seat mate on the plane to talk to.

I’ve got top bunk, so I’m sad about that. I may pay for a private room if my roommate snores.

We’ll see.

Off to Cole’s for groceries and a walk.

We got up early to hike into jimjim falls. It was semi-easy rock scrambling, so the entire group made it. Sometimes people opt to stay in the car but usually regret it. We all swam too.

It’s amazing in Kakadu. The entrance fee is 40 bucks but worth it.

The road to the falls is passable only in winter and only by 4wd. It was fun but teeth rattling.

After lunch we just drove slowly back to Darwin.

I had dinner with a gal whose flight leaves at 2am. What airline does flights at 2am???

On my way to Sydney tomorrow.

This outback experience has been worth every cent and moment of my time. Would recommend.

What a day!

Nice long sleep in until 730, then a spectacular boat tour on the Alligator river. There weren’t any alligators.

But…but…there was lots of awesome birds, tons of crocs, wild pigs, snakes, fish, everything. The boat captain, Dennis, was hilarious. Typical aboriginal humor, very dry and subtle. Two hours of straight info and entertainment.

Then an hour at the Kakadu aboriginal cultural center. Pretty good, and they’d a video of all the nature highlights of the park. You could come here just for the bats.

Lunch, and then a drive to a hiking area for more cave paintings and the natural history of the area.

The guide is super enthusiastic about the cultural aspects of Kakadu. It makes the park come alive. Even in 90 degrees and humidity.

We ended our sightseeing at Ubirr, an area with lots of cave paintings and a wonderful view of sunset. No champagne, tho.

At dinner, the boss man came by with free booze! So much for sobriety lol.

He wanted some pics of campers. I was happy to sneak my Starfleet University tshirt into promotional photos hahaha. Anything for free beer!

Tomorrow is JimJim falls, swimming, and the long drive back to Darwin.