More time to waste...
So now that I have a little more time to waste I can spend a little more time on describing what we've been up to. It'll be a little sketchy because it's been a while since this stuff happened - and we've done so much stuff since - but I'll do my best. Also I've had to cobble this post together over a few days so please bear with me.
We were originally booked on two tours - one from Broome to Darwin via the Gibb River Road and a second one which covered two big National Parks in the Northern Territory (NT): Kakadu and Litchfield. Things got off to an inauspicious start as we were unsure whether we'd be able to get our bags on the bus (not a lot of space...) but in the end everything fit even if we had to shoehorn it all in.
Anyway, we were all rather deflated to find out that the Gibb River Road (and all the gorges and chasms it lead to) was closed due to rain - as was the Bungle Bungle National Park - two of the highlights of the tour. We all quickly realised that we'd be in for an entirely different experience from the one which we'd anticipated. There was a bit of friction between Daniel our guide and a few members of the group who were understandably put out by this, but I reckoned it's not his fault so we'd better make the best of a bad situation. Anyway the first couple of days had no obvious highlights (except for passing signs to places we'd wanted to visit) and spirits were obviously depleted by the inclement weather. The last couple of days of the tour were much better - we were able to visit Katherine Gorge and Litchfield which were both lovely. We all met up at the end of the tour at the Vic and had a few drinks - by which time I think everyone had mellowed out a bit.
Due to the fact we'd already visited Litchfield we changed our 4 day tour of Kakadu and Litchfield to a 3 day Kakadu only tour. Our tour visited various swimming holes, waterfalls and walking trails all of which were lovely. We hiked all the way up to the top of Jim Jim Falls which even in "the Dry" is awesome. We got to try our hands at basket weaving, didgeridoo playing and even spear throwing! I must say that I'm better at playing the didge than throwing a spear but my true calling is weaving. Not much of a aboriginal warrior, me...
After of tour ended we met up in the Vic (again) for the same post tour dinner. Having done it all before we decided to leave early having things to arrange for the next day. Unfortunately we missed out on the exciting events of the evening - tour members (and guides) hooking up, people getting arrested, etc... More details as I get them, but it all sounds very exciting.
Anyway, we're now headed for Queensland and Cairns via Tenent Creek, so hopefully we'll be on the Great Barrier Reef before we know it!
We were originally booked on two tours - one from Broome to Darwin via the Gibb River Road and a second one which covered two big National Parks in the Northern Territory (NT): Kakadu and Litchfield. Things got off to an inauspicious start as we were unsure whether we'd be able to get our bags on the bus (not a lot of space...) but in the end everything fit even if we had to shoehorn it all in.
Anyway, we were all rather deflated to find out that the Gibb River Road (and all the gorges and chasms it lead to) was closed due to rain - as was the Bungle Bungle National Park - two of the highlights of the tour. We all quickly realised that we'd be in for an entirely different experience from the one which we'd anticipated. There was a bit of friction between Daniel our guide and a few members of the group who were understandably put out by this, but I reckoned it's not his fault so we'd better make the best of a bad situation. Anyway the first couple of days had no obvious highlights (except for passing signs to places we'd wanted to visit) and spirits were obviously depleted by the inclement weather. The last couple of days of the tour were much better - we were able to visit Katherine Gorge and Litchfield which were both lovely. We all met up at the end of the tour at the Vic and had a few drinks - by which time I think everyone had mellowed out a bit.
Due to the fact we'd already visited Litchfield we changed our 4 day tour of Kakadu and Litchfield to a 3 day Kakadu only tour. Our tour visited various swimming holes, waterfalls and walking trails all of which were lovely. We hiked all the way up to the top of Jim Jim Falls which even in "the Dry" is awesome. We got to try our hands at basket weaving, didgeridoo playing and even spear throwing! I must say that I'm better at playing the didge than throwing a spear but my true calling is weaving. Not much of a aboriginal warrior, me...
After of tour ended we met up in the Vic (again) for the same post tour dinner. Having done it all before we decided to leave early having things to arrange for the next day. Unfortunately we missed out on the exciting events of the evening - tour members (and guides) hooking up, people getting arrested, etc... More details as I get them, but it all sounds very exciting.
Anyway, we're now headed for Queensland and Cairns via Tenent Creek, so hopefully we'll be on the Great Barrier Reef before we know it!
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