Today we enter Kakadu National Park. This is new ground for Cycle Across Oz, so very exciting. Jane arranged with Collis last night that she would leave early and just meander through before meeting us at the lunch break. This is OK as long as we are aware and they don't expect us to rush ahead to join them at the lunch break spot early.
Everyone saw Jane leave early so they all got a bit antsy and left earlier than usual. The road was a bit rough at the beginning but did improve as we got further into the park. Gareth lost his rear light as it just bounced off during the ride. Mark stopped and walked up a dirt road to do some sightseeing but left his bike back leaning against a tree. Yes it was still there when he got back but the rear tyre was blistered as he had left it on some scorched earth. Quite a bit of controlled burning going on in the area.
Morning tea was at the South Alligator River at Gungurul Bridge. Water very murky and banks muddy and overgrown. No way we're we venturing down but couldn't see any crocs. Checked out the Barramundi Creek as it was flowing and looked that it may be safe to swim in parts of it. Again we didn't risk it.
Jane was waiting for us at the 80 km Mark and looked like she had been there awhile. Scenery today has been spectacular coming into the park as we did climb a little and got some great views. Got to Cooinda and checked out the dongers and cabins but the prices were out of this world. Everyone camping and the area is quite nice down under the trees. We are not far from yellow billabong.
The mosquitoes were absolutely crazy and impossible to keep out of your tents. We all went to bed very early but there was no escape. Jerry woke everyone around 2 am with his "whack,whack, f...., f...." routine. He says his tent now looks like a sight of a massacre.
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