Kakadu National Park, Darwin

 Kakadu National Park, Darwin 

I was the wet season and everywhere was green, so unlike the arid interior.

More greenery.

Some farmed buffalo although there are plenty of feral buffalo.

We crossed the flood plain of the Soouth Alligator Creek. There are no alligators in Australia but when John MacDoull Stuart named it, he didn't know the difference between an alligator and a crocodile.

A road train, the maximum length is 53 metres and four trailers.

We suddenly left the forest and crossed the South Crocodile River flood plain. It was named by Jogn McDouall Stuart but he didn't know the difference between crocodiles and alligators which there are none in Australia

A biilabong.

The river itself.

There are plenty of pandanis trees in the area useful for basket weaving and eating if prepared properly, otherwise they are poisonous.

The is lots of spear grass in the area. It can grow as high as a man and adds a lot of fire load so it is burnt offat the end of the wet season.

At the Warrandjan cultural centre, there was a display to represent the seasons, there are six according to what the weather is doing and what food is available.

We moved on to Yellow Water for a boat ride on the Adelaide River. Some people had still not seen a crocodile, a freshy or a salty but there would be some here.

A view down river.

We hadn't been on the water for ten minutes when we saw a salty.

And a view of him swimming away from us.

Black necked geese.

Another bird which I forget the name

Another salty eyeing us up for lunch.

An ibis.

A black necked  pelican.

A wallaby on the river bank.

A side view of the wallaby.

A  buffalo hidden in the bushes.

A cormorant drying its wings.

A kingfisher.

Burrungkuy although the map makers got the names wrong of this and another place, switching them between each other and attempts to correct it have failed so they both have both names.

Some rock art supposedly 35,000 years old.

More rock art.