We spent sunrise in Kakadu yesterday on the water, and today we took an 11 am cruise, so we had a bit more light. We hope you enjoy the pictures. On both cruises we saw lots of crocodiles, but today they were just there, almost posing for us and swimming beside us. We mainly saw “salties” today. They have a good bit of a yellow/brownish tone on their bodies, indicating they have spent a lot of time is salt water. We have to believe the tales we hear from the guides, though each one has a slightly different story to another guide. They obviously know their birds very well and we saw many thousands of them, some visiting from Africa and obviously enjoying themselves, while a croc lies right beside them. They seem unafraid or maybe even unaware.
The wetlands here are similar in some ways to many other wetlands around the World. In many places they are now being mined or used for farming, so thankfully ours are still here and protected for us all to enjoy. Yesterday our guide saw a buffalo in the wetlands, but we did not see one today. The name “Yellow River” came from the buffalo messing up the river bottom with their walking and grazing and hence the water was turning yellow from their efforts to graze. The other river we were on was the Alligator River. It was misnamed by an explorer, but the name has stuck. The day is quite warm and still. We look forward to a nice swim in the pool this afternoon, then off to Darwin tomorrow, early.
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| A brief sunrise on Yellow River, Kakadu, 12th July |
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| Dominant male crocodile swimming with our boat |
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| Ducks |
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| Magpie Geese |
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