Kakadu National Park

This morning began with a lecture on Kakadu National Park and then we headed out to the park. We spent time at the visitor centre and then had lunch at a hotel that is shaped like a giant crocodile. In the afternoon we went to Ubirr to view aboriginal cave art and to tour some of the beautiful rock formations in Kakadu. We view quite a few sites where there was cave art that was quite old, but the aboriginals drew over their previous art, so it is hard to date a lot of it. The picture I have included below shows a white man with his hands in his pockets in the middle of the pictures. This is thought to depict the Europeans who came and ordered the Aboriginals around and kept their hands in their pockets. We also got to do a fairly challenging climb to the top of a rock formation for a grand view of the forest and wetlands. The second picture below shows me in the midst of the climb. We finished the day with a quick crocodile viewing session down by a nearby river.