We left Litchfield early to get to an 11am crocodile jumping tour. We didn't really know what to expect, other than we were on a 1 hour cruise.... hopefully it was a return trip.
The crocodiles were absolutely everywhere, and one in particular was huge. As soon as a croc is seen and it recognises the boat, it immediately swims up and starts expecting a feed. apparently they will only do this to the boats they recognise and will not approach a fishing boat or even if one of these tour boats has a different colour on it.
The tour guide was very knowledgeable, very funny and obviously loved her job... and who wouldn't. Watching these prehistoric monsters jumping up only a metre away from our position is an awesome experience.
Unfortunately it was over way too soon, but we were all pumped that we got to see what we did.
We had lunch just up the road before heading into Jabiru. Our goal was to get to Cooinda by 2pm, but they either haven't answered or have just hung up on every attempt to call them since last night. about 15km short of Jabiru, they finally answered and advised they were full. i would have been extremely $%#! if we had gotten there to find that out (it is another 40 minutes past Jabiru). What this meant though was that our booked Yellow River tour departing tomorrow morning at 6:45am from Cooinda was now a very early start.
The kids took off to the pool whilst we set up, and then we joined them for an hour. Whilst discussing our plans for the next few days, we decided that we would leave immediately to a place called Ubirr for sunset and a look at some Aboriginal rock art.
We arrived with only about 25 minutes to spare before sunset, so the art was quickly looked at as we raced in our best hiking thongs to the vantage spot on the rock - with about 200 other people! i couldn't believe how many people were here - obviously a very popular place.
And as the sun set over the plains, we knew why everyone was here. Incredible colours and views that had to be seen to be appreciated.
