by Andrea Rowe | Sep 12, 2014
In this nearly 20, 000 square km park there’s quite a few waterfalls and swimming holes to explore. We are so glad that someone tipped us off about Maguk / Barramundi Falls. I’m calling it the unsung hero of Kakadu. This Quiet Achiever was a short 1 km stroll in the...
by Andrea Rowe | Sep 10, 2014
At a mere two billion years old, the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park is one of Australia’s most coveted “Must See” destination. It’s an internationally recognised ecological and cultural treasure. Check it out? Don’t mind if I do! There’s over 1, 600...
by Andrea Rowe | Sep 9, 2014
The first thing you notice in Katherine Gorge / Nitimiluk NP is the silence. And then our squids arrive. Squabbling over paddles, directions and seat locations. Nitimiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park is the jewel of the region, a magnificent series of 13...
by Andrea Rowe | Sep 6, 2014
OK class…here’s a little Top End geography and history lesson for the town we know as Katherine. The Jaowyn and Dagomen people were the first people of the area, passing through the area for food and water, and they’ve left behind some of their stories in the...
by Andrea Rowe | Sep 5, 2014
Travelling along at 60 – 90 km per hour in a vehicle with air-conditioning, I cannot help but admire the early explorers and pioneers who opened up this route. Leichhardt, Burke and Wills, King … and others. We are merely travelling the next several hundreds of km’s...
