Day 6 – Ubirr

We journeyed to Ubirr and saw more incredible rock paintings.

Amazing rock formations
Waiting for our two stragglers..

We met Penny whose mother is a Gurindji woman.

Penny shared lots of her local knowledge with us

Penny was with a school group and took the time to explain a few things to us such as how the pandanus fruit was used by the Gurindji people. It is poisonous until cooked to make flour. The fruit is also used as a loofah when bathing.

Pandanus fruit

We climbed to the top of Ubirr lookout and the views were incredible. Also got reception for the first time in days.

It was a difficult climb…
…but so worth it!

We detoured to Cahills’s Crossing. In the wet season, it is renowned for crocodiles waiting for barramundi (or people) coming across. We saw one or two.

Please note the crocodile in the background sunning itself . It would be male. Females wait.. in the surrounding bushes!
Get back from the water, boys!
This is why you are being wary, Donna! (NB: Not my photo!)

We went to the Jabiru tavern for lunch but @ $30 per person for a continental lunch, we decided to patronise the IGA again.

Classic question from Donzy to staff member at IGA: where do you live? Answer: in houses. Turns out there are 500 houses on n Jabiru. In Donna’s defence, we didn’t see one house!

Back to Cooinda for a repeat of kip, swim, drinks and dinner. It doesn’t get much better than this!

Good deeds: Wayne carried chairs over the pool fence for another family.

We then enjoyed another dinner at Mimi’s. Mark had the ribs; Wayne had lamb shoulder; and Donna and I had barramundi. Once again, we reminisced on past holidays- this particular moment was the Dunston incident (sorry folks, what happens on tour, stays on tour).

One response to “Day 6 – Ubirr”

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    Great photo of the four of you the selfie type one what a memory

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