Jabiru / Kakadu National Park

Day 40. On Friday we travelled 171 km (total 5350) to Jabiru in Kakadu National park. We camped at Kakadu lodge caravan park . The pool is awesome and I can ride no hands on my bike on the roads in the caravan park. We had a look around the town and went to the airport and we booked our flights and mine tour for Saturday. We swam before dinner then had another swim after dinner under lights over the pool.

Day 41. On Saturday (June 26th) in the morning we did the Ranger Uranium Mine Tour. We saw a massive massive digger and a huge huge dump truck in the open cut mine. At the mine they dig out rock which have uranium in them. They process the uranium and put it into drums to be sent overseas for power stations. We went on a Kakadu scenic flight. It was one hour. I had so much fun until after a waterfall called JimJim falls and I began to feel sick. Then we flew over Twin Falls - they were like a waterfall that had been joined together then split in half. I was a bit hot in the plane. Sometimes it was a bit smoky too because they were burning off the forest. Dad felt sick also. You dont want to know what happened. It was still an awesome flight because we got to see lots of Kakadu National Park. After the flight we went to the resort pool and had a nice cool swim.

Corroboree Park & Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve

Day 39. On Thursday we went to Fogg Dam on the way we saw a whistling kite bird swoop down and catch a huge snake on the side of the road. It was awesome the snake was wriggling and other birds were trying to get it off the bird who had caught it.We went to the Fogg Dam wetlands and we saw a crododile in the wetlands, a goanna in the bushes and a sign saying turtle crossing 20km. We went for a bushwalk through wetlands and there were millions and millions of mozzies. Later on we went back to Corroboree park for a swim in the pool.

Day 42-43 JUNE 27-28TH

DAY 42-JUNE 27th

Today we went to see some Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr. Some of the rock art was 30000 years old. The skeleton pictures were about 2000 years old. Along the walking trail we climbed some rocks and then at the top we saw spectacular views of the wetland plains of Kakadu. On the way back from the Aboriginal art we saw some burnoff fires and when we were driving along through the smoke all the smoke was coming the airconditioning vents in the car. The fire was just right on the side of the road so we got some pictures. They have these burnoff fires to stop the bush getting too overgrown and it will help stop massive bushfires later on in the dry season.

DAY 43-JUNE 28th

Today we left Jabiru and travelled south along the Kakadu Highway through the Kakadu national park and down to Pine Creek, where we stayed at Pussycat Flats and we are camping on the horse racetrack. Later that day it was getting really hot so me and Adam got into our bathers and went for a ride under the sprinklers, and we got really cooled down.

DAY 40-41 JUNE 25th -26th

DAY 40-JUNE 25th

Today we went and stayed at Kakadu Lodge it has a very nice lagoon style pool. We also think it has a very nice road for bike riding. We also went to the airfield and booked a flight for the next day. Later that day we went and had a swim at the pool. It was very refreshing. Jabiru is located 250km east of Darwin and it is very hot and humid here. The town of Jabiru is not that big the population is about 1700 and a lot of those are mining families. Total travelled 5350km.
DAY 41-JUNE 26th

This morning we went on a RUM tour (Ranger Uranium Mine) where we saw the mine in the ground. It was very big. There were lots of big dump trucks and excavators. Uranium is mineral that is taken overseas and used in nuclear power plants. For one drum which is 200 litres in size it costs $60000. Later that day We went for another swim in the pool and then we went on the plane flight that we booked. It had really amazing views. The plane was a Gippsland G8 Airvan which seated 7 plus the pilot. It was a bit of a bumpy ride because it was hot, but we got some good photos of JimJim Falls and Twin Falls and the rock escarpment. An airplane flight was a good idea because you cant get as good views and it takes two hours both ways 4WD off the main road to get to JimJim falls and it's closed at the moment because of the late wet season. When we got back from the flight we had one more swim in the pool.

DAY 39-JUNE 24th

Today at corroboee park in the morning we didn't really do much but a bit later on the way to fogg dam we saw a whistling kite (type of eagle) swoop down and grab a snake off the ground and then flew away into the bush. when we arrived at fogg dam we saw a crocodile, heaps of birds and a fairly large goanna. we also went for a bushwalk and there were heaps and heaps of mozzies.

Day 44-45 JUNE 29-30

DAY 44-JUNE 29THToday we are camping in National Park campground where tonight me and Adam will be sleeping in the tent. It is very hot up here and there a quite a lot of insects. At night we watched the stars and we spotted 4 satellites and 3 shooting stars. Also before we went to bed we went for a little nighttime bushwalk and we saw 3 little what we think was cane toads.
DAY 45-JUNE 30THOn Wednesday we had crossed the border from Northern Territory to Western Australia and now we have turned our clocks 1 1/2 hours back
(2 hours if you are down in Victoria). We decided to stay at a 5 star resort in Kununnara. Later that day we rode our bikes around and we went for a swim in the pool. Kilometres 6192.

Day 38 - June 23rd

On Wednesday June 23rd we left Darwin and on the way to Corroboree Park we stopped at Humpty Doo. We went to the newsagents and to the Grumpy Bakery where we had lunch. (Dad says Humpty Doo got its name from what Humpty Dumpty did in the middle of the road!) Also on the way Corroboree Park we stopped at the Original Jumping Crocodile Cruise. We saw lots of crododile jumping out of the water to get to the meat that was on the end of a rod. We also spent one hour at the Window on the Wetlands info centre before the croc cruise. Then we finally reached Corroboree Park where we went for a swim and played with Liam and Bryce from Queensland.

Day 37 - June 22nd

Today we went with Mum to the Palmerston shops to buy some supplies and Me and Adam used some of our pocket money to buy a Lego Formula One car. When we got back to the camper we made our lego cars and played with them a lot. After we had finished playing with them we went for a swim in the pool and we also had some pub squash and cookies.

Day 36 - June 21st

Today we went to Crocosaurus cove and while we were there we saw heaps of reptiles and we also got to feed some baby crocodiles with a rod. Then we swam in a tank next to baby crocodiles tank where we saw about 120 crocodiles. After our swim we went and saw some people go in the Cage of Death which , in a tank. This is where you are in a type of perspex and metal cage which is lowered into the big saltwater crocodiles tank. Then we saw a huge crocodile called Harry and we also saw a crocodile called Bruce who starred in the first Crocodile Dundee film. When we got back to the camper we went for a swim as usual.

Day 34 & Day 35- June 19th & June 20th

On Saturday we went to the V8 supercars again and In the afternoon we had another swim at the caravan park. After that we went back to the V8 supercars and saw Mark Winterbottom win the race. On Sunday went to the V8 supercar races at Hidden Valley again. We got Jamie Whincup & Craig Lowndes autograph in the morning. We had a look through the D'Alberto pit and race transporter - it was very cool because we got to have a look inside the racecar and inside the truck. Al explained some of the technical stuff he had. In the sunday race Jamie Whincup won the race and in the afternoon we had a swim (once again).Then we went to the Mindil markets and had dinner there (I ate croc on a skewer from the Roadkill cafe!). Also there was a very lovely sunset that night at the market.

Corroboree Park and Humpty Doo

Corroboree Park and Humpty Doo area Day 38.
On Wednesday We left Darwin and pulled up at Humpty Doo to have some lunch and to look at the shops. We had lunch at a place called the Grumpy Baker. My lunch was delicious. Then we went to the Jumping Crocodile Cruise. We saw lots of crocodiles and they jumped very high. Some crocodiles can jump as high as they are in length. we also saw a black kite (bird) and some eagles. We also went to the Window on the Wetlands.It was an interactive information centre. We saw all types of animals that live in the Kakadu wetlands like turtles, crocodiles, bats, mudskippers, millions and millions of birds. We travelled a short way to corroboree park tavern and camp ground and had a swim in the pool that they have. It was so fun I met new friends - Bryce & Liam. We are staying for 2 nights.

Crocosaurus cove Darwin

Day 36
Today we went to the Crocosaurus cove in Darwin city and had a swim with some crocodiles - well not exactly - what we did was Brock and Me swam in a pool and the crocodile was the on the other side of the glass and we could see the crocodiles and they could see us!! We fed some crocodiles and saw a huge saltwater crocodile at the glass case looking at us (he was called Harry). We saw heaps of snakes and lizards and I got to hold a lizard. I forgot its name.
Day 37
On Tuesday we went shopping with Mum for supplies and Brock and Me used some of our pocketmoney to buy MegaBloks (Lego) F1 cars which are very very very cool. Brock & I wanted to buy a lego motorhome but we would have spent too much money. Then we also went for a swim in the pool and I had lots of fun. We drank pub squash and ate cookies.

Darwin

Day 34
On Saturday we went to the V8 supercars we sat in the shade and watched of the race and V8 supercar driver Mark Winterbottom won the race and Jamie Whincup came second (I go for Jamie Whincup). We left early because I had a rash on my shoulder - we had a swim in the afternoon and then came back to watch the main race.
Day 35
On Sunday we went to the V8 supercars for the last time. In the morning I got Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes to sign my T shirt and also my ball (Wilson). We went to the pits and went inside D'Alberto's transporter and got some information about the car. Al D'Alberto was a really nice man to show us his racing team.Then we saw Jamie Whincup win first place in the second V8 race for the weekend. In the afternoon we had a swim then we went to the Mindil Night Market and had dinner there. We went to the glasses stand and I bought a pair of sunglasses. We also bought some souvenirs as well. We also played lasertag and we got heavy guns, headbands with lights on them and we had lots of fun.

Hello to everyone in 2LC

Hi everybody in 2LC I can't really answer all your questions because there is so many and I'm so glad you are following me on my adventure.

We are leaving Darwin today and going to Kakadu National Park.

I hope everyone has good investigations and I hope you have a very good school holidays.

From Adam :)

Darwin

Darwin - Hidden Valley
Day 31 On Wednesday we left early in the morning it was 6.30am we travelled to Darwin and we put the Winnebago in for service. Then we went into the city of Darwin for breakfast at McDonalds. We looked at some shops and we spent most of the afternoon at the wavepool. We had so much fun at the wavepool and I nearly got dumped by a wave. Then we went to the caravan park where we are staying at. It is called the Hidden Valley Tourist Park. The caravan had a crocodile talk and we went to it. We got to hold a baby freshwater crocodile. It had so much fun that day.

Darwin - Mindil Market, & Crocodylus Park
Day 32 On Thursday we went to Crocodylus Park and saw over 15000 crocodiles! Most were freshwater but some were saltwater. We went on a tour - the guide said that freshwater crocodiles run faster than saltwater crocodiles. Saltwater crocodiles are more dangerous than freshwater crocodiles. We also saw some lions,
some sea turtles, some monkeys and lots more animals. I was the only on that saw the tiger. I got to feed one of the biggest saltwater crocodiles. The crocodylus park isnt just a park for tourists it is also a farm as well. They feed crocodiles to make them grow then sell their meat and skins.We saw the V8 supercar trucks leaving for a convoy into town. Then we had lunch and had a swim. Then nearly at night we went to the V8 supercar driver signing and some V8 supercar drivers signed Wilson. I missed out on Jamie Whincup because we left before we got to the front of the queue and that made me quite sad. We went to the Mindil Market beside the beach at night. It was awesome. We saw a fire juggling act and that was awesome as well. We had dinner
at the market.

Darwin - V8 Supercars

Day 33 On Friday (June 18th) we went to the V8 supercars we saw v8 supercar drivers, we saw formula fords, old HQ's and lots more. It was very hot at the track- It was 31 degrees in winter! Then mum picked us up and we went back and had a swim. Dad and his friend Tony stayed there. Later we picked them up. We rode our bikes around the park and had a rest.

Day 31 - 33: June 16th - 18th

Day 31 - June 16th
This morning we left early at 6.30am to travel to Darwin. When we arrived at Darwin we got our Winnebago motorhome serviced so for the rest of the day we had to use our car. We into the city and had McDonalds for breakfast and after breaky we looked at some shops and then went to the Wave Pool, It was massive, and it was like being at a real beach. At the wave pool we went boogyboarding and when they switched off the waves for 10 minutes we relaxed on the floating donuts. After 4 hours at the wave pool we went back to pick up our motorhome then stayed at the Hidden Valley Tourist Park where we are staying a week. Before dinner we went to a Crocodile display talk and we got to hold a baby freshwater crocodile. (The baby crocodile didnt have a name so we voted to call it Nigel which Dad suggested. Total kilometres: 5096!

Day 32 - June 17th

Today in the morning we went to Crocodylus park, where we didnt just see a lot of crocodiles, we saw Cassowaries, Lions, Turtles, a Tiger, Emus, Ostriches and snakes. After we came back from Crocodylus Park we rode to the Hidden Valley racetrack and saw the V8 truck transporters. At 5 o'clock saw the V8 driver signing near SkyCity Casino, and got about 12 autographs. After we got the autographs we went to the market and I bought some new sunglasses. and me and Adam both got a paint tattoo.

Day 33 - June 18th
Today we went to the V8 Supercar racetrack to see their Friday practice session, there was also touring cars, old HQ's and the V8 utes. After we saw the practice session we went back to the tourist park and had a swim. It is very hot up here - it is about 32 degrees every day (and it's winter!).

DAY 30-JUNE 15th

Today we went for a bike ride into town and we saw the war cemetary at Adelaide river, it was very big, over 400 people were buired at the cemetary. After that we went to a hotel with Charlie the buffalo from the crocodile dundee movie. Later that day we went to the litchfeild national park were we had a swim at Florence falls, when we got back to the car we went on a 4wd of roading trip to the lost city which is a bunch of alot of grey rocks that looks like a lost city, on the way back we think we ran over a snake so we backed up the car and ran over it again and the snake was really angry he had his head held up and he had a black head and orange & black strips on his body. (we think he was a tiger snake).

Hi to 2LC

Hi to everyone in 2LC. I was wondering how you are going?

Just wondering if Ryan is back?

I have been doing a bit of school work like Soundwaves & spelling, and my blog writing most days. I have been taking lots of photos and doing lots of excursions to interesting places. It is so hot here in Darwin that in Winter it is 31 degrees during the day. I imagine it in Summer!

from Adam :)

Adelaide River & Litchfield National Park

Day 30. On Tuesday we went for a bike ride to explore Adelaide River. We saw the War Cemetery it had over 430 buried soldiers that were from World War 2 Darwin bombings by the Japanese. There is only one General Store in Adelaide River but it has lots and lots of stuff in it. After our bike ride we went to the Litchfield National Park. First we saw some Termite Mounds which were huge and over 2 metres tall. Then we drove a little way and parked and walked to Florence Falls. They are huge waterfalls with a huge waterhole at the bottom. We swam over to the masssive waterfalls and went under them. It was a bit hard to do it. We snorkelling and saw heaps and heaps of black and grey fish. After swimming at Florence Falls we had a picnic lunch. After the picnic Brock and me swam in the little stream. Later in the day we went for a 4 Wheel Drive to the Lost City Stones, which was 10Km of 4 wheel driving each way.On the way back we saw a snake which was around about 2 metres long. When we got back to Adelaide River we saw Todd & Rick Kelly's V8 supercar transporter. It was awesome.

Edith Falls & Adelaide River

Day 29 This morning I was happy that F1 driver Lewis Hamilton won first place in the Canadian Grand Prix. Today we went to Edith Falls in Nitmiluk National Park after leaving Katherine. Dad rode his bike while me, Mum & Brock did a bush walk. The walk led us up to the top of the Gorge to a waterfall. At the bottom of the waterfall is a lake where you can swim in. We had a swim. We had a walk down where we had views of other waterfalls. At the bottom there was another lake where you can swim. The water was cool but the weather was 31 degrees. We travelled to Adelaide River and we stayed at the Adelaide River Showgrounds. Then we met up with Tony & Gloria McHarg and had dinner (BBQ) with them. After dinner Brock and me rode our bikes around the caravan park. We had a swim before dinner.

Katherine

Day 27 On Saturday we stayed at the Big 4 Low Level Caravan Park. We saw a BIG BIG crocodile when we went for a bike ride into town. It was 6 km each way. We relaxed when we got back from our bike ride. We met our friend Max the music man.

Day 28 On Sunday we went to the Katherine Gorge in Nitmiluk National Park. The views were good as. We went for a bushwalk to see the gorge. We also went to the Katherine museum. We saw a movie where we saw that in 1998 there were floods that were 20 metres deep. At night we went to the Springvale Homestead Croc Spot Tour. We saw a few crocodiles. When we got to our dinner camp we saw 2 crocs. Their names were MOUSE and APPRENTICE. The Apprentice was the small one and mouse was the big one. When mouse (the crocodile) got there we found out that he was 3 metres long. The apprentice (smaller crocodile) was the first one there then when mouse got there he scared the apprentice away, but then he came back.We got to feed them 3 feet away. It was fun as. We saw catfish and turtles as well. They called the crocodile mouse because he is so quiet.