Tuesday 10/07/2012 Day 16 Howard Springs to Merl Campground
Kakadu National Park.
It was a very early start for
Les. I had registered with AusPost Online to receive an email that the Jayco
parcel had arrived at 05:00 at Darwin. Drove in with Ryan at 06:30 to Darwin
arrived at the GPO at 07:00 picked up the parcel and back at the Howard Springs
Caravan Park at 07:45. Packed up the Camper and headed out at 09:15. It was a
slow leisurely drive behind a truck carrying 2 water buffalos. We took 3 hours
to drive to Merl Campground. After setting up camp with the 400 million
mosquitos, we decided to go for a drive and look around. We visited the
Upstream Boat Ramp, Border Store & Downstream Boat Ramp. The fishing was
temporarily suspended for a funeral. We competed with the 4 large crocodiles at
the Downstream Boat Ramp. They won. There were large schools of Mullet being
chased by Barramundi who in turn were being eaten by the Crocs. They are not
shy. They were happy to be 5-8 metres away ignoring our lures and eating the
fish. We gave up fishing and attended the Ranger talks at Ubirr. We enjoyed the
Rock Art and watched the sun set over the wetlands.
Daily Stats: Distance: 337km,
Duration: 4hrs, Weather: Very, Very Hot
Merl
Cahills Crossing
Fishing with Crocs
Ubirr
Sunset at Ubirr
Merl
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