A 5:30am wakeup alarm so we could meet the dawn cruise on the Alligator River at Yellow Water Billabong – saw the most amazing wildlife – millions of birds (cormorants, sea eagles, kites, herons, egrets, kingfishers, ducks, magpie geese, jabiru’s, brolga’s) along with saltwater crocodiles, dingoes, brumbies, feral pigs & golden tree snakes. I am now sitting here while Toby does maths school-work and Chloe writes to Grant Hackett to wish him luck in the Olympics.
Later in the hot afternoon sun, while Pete has the kids at the pool, I spend time finally catching up with the Blog, uploading photos and generally catching up. The latest Vet issued Hendra Bulletin declares a new horse case in Ballina, NSW (far removed from the Qld sources) and asks all vets to look out for the following signs: Symptoms in infected horses include: high temperature, respiratory distress, frothy nasal discharge, neurological signs, colic. Some horses present with neurological signs only. I imagine these signs in horses could mean just about anything as well as Hendra, I don’t envy those horse Vets out there.
Later a 1km return walk to the “Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre” its circular design meant to represent the warradjan (pig-nose turtle), saw us all wile away an hour or two reading about the Bininj culture of Kakadu and how it survives today. Back for an early dinner and yet another slide show on “World Heritage Kakadu” which included all the cultural and natural reasons Kakadu was include on the world heritage listing – the examples were many and varied and we all enjoyed ourselves.
Gagudju Cooinda Lodge (Powered $40/night)
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