After walking at Ubirr we stopped off at the boat ramp on East Alligator
River for a picnic lunch. There were a number of people about, some were
fishing for barramundi but we didn't see any caught. We were upstream from
Cahill Crossing which is a vehicle causeway leading to Arnhem Land. While
we were at the boat ramp a number of vehicles crossed the causeway including
a haulage truck with mining equipment on the trailer and a fuel tanker.
There were quite a few local Aboriginal people on the opposite bank of the
river fishing - again no photos as culturally insensitive. We did see some
people (white people who don't read notices) standing on the causeway and on
the river bank fishing. We were really surprised at this as the river had
crocodiles and we saw at least six and the saying is it isn't the crocodiles
that you can see that you need to worry about, but the crocodiles you can't
see.
Gill and Peter like to travel. In 2011/12 they completed a trip around Australia. One of the things that they are aware of is the fact that to live your dream then you actually have to do something and that's what they did. In 2013 they decided to further explore outback Australia and crossed the Simpson Desert. Going forward they will continue to travel as they plan for the next few years. To see some of their other trips follow the links.
Oh gosh! Were the crocs big? Have you heard about Lolong? It is the world's longest crocodile ever captured recently. Well, I bet sighting crocs is one of the highlights kakadu wildlife tours offer. :)
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