Category Archives: LOCATION

Gubara – Kakadu

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Gubara is a fairly long bushwalk followed by an amazing swimming hole. It’s a good 5km on way, so be ready for the walk with water. The swimming hole is beautiful, the walk back always seems a lot longer

HOWEVER it has since been brought to my attention that swimming there isn’t always such a good idea.

It is generally closed for swimming in the wet as there might be crocs, the walk is usually open. And during the dry they often say it best to miss it due to the algae inside a stagnant pool.

I’ve done it a few times, each time I relied on the advice of friends, rather than me checking out the access report.

I would not recommend this 🙂

Mary River Houseboats

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Mary River houseboats is one of the best things you can do in Darwin. See the wetlands, fish a little, crocs, birds, have a few drinks, it is fantastic. It is one of those trips that you always take visitors on but never gets old.

Make sure you don’t use any lights! Finish dinner and clean up well before sunset. Wetlands is another name for a swamp, getting every single mozzie and midgee in your boat is what will happen if you leave the light on.

Life is a bit easier if you have a small boat with it. Easy to tow, but you don’t have to worry about getting stuck against the wind, as you can just tow yourself out.

A single night really is enough to see everything, more is good, but it isn’t necessary.

Nourlangie – Kakadu

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Nourlangie is a series of rock where indigenous people used to live for tens of thousands of years. It is also home to some terrific rock art, and a reasonable view. It is very accessible, all the time. The walk is really easy. As a consequence this is sort of place you will go once and love it, but end up taking every interstate visitor to a million times. It sort of lost its sheen with me, but if you are in Kakadu once, and you are interested in the ancient rock art, it is it worth it.

 

Butterfly Gorge – Location

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Butterfly Gorge is amazing, and relatively unknown.

It is about 2.5 hours from Darwin, and you get to do a little 4WD track too that is a lot of fun, but fairly easy. It takes a little bit of finding, even once you are there. My biggest tip for this place is that, because you need to swim around to get there, you should figure out what you are going to do with your car keys. Unless you have an old car you probably can’t get it wet, if you want to leave they on the beach well… look I have never heard of anything happening, but I haven’t done it.

Personally I use a combination lock to my car that I put my car key in. You could (depending on your car) get a metal only key cut and put it in your pocket, and keep the real one inside.

Anyway. You will be getting up and out of lots of water holes, and walking over rocks, some wet, so wear proper footwear. A bottle of water or two is handy too, so you can spend a few hours there.

It is a great place to visit, I’ve been there a few times and only once had the ‘loud jerks with an esky’ that love to ruin swimming holes, usually it is pretty empty. It is also very hard to photograph, so trust me, the snaps don’t do it justice.


Me at the entrance