So what started out as a pretty sedate river boat cruise ended up with lots of action! After that we were ready for the more sedate activity of seeing aboriginal rock art.
We headed northeast from Cooinda, via Nourlangie, through Jabiru (lunch, email, phone calls, milk and Aerogard), and made our way to Ubirr, right on the edge of the Kakadu National Park. Did I mention this was the biggest National Park in Australia? Well it is.
In Nourlangie we saw extensive rock art from many thousands of years ago.

Just before we got to the Ubirr site, we stopped at Cahills Crossing on the East Alligator River. This is the border between Arnhem Land and, well, the rest of Australia. You’re not allowed to go across the river without a permit, and it’s kind of like a border crossing. Not that I saw anyone checking for permits on our side.
We watched all the fisherman haul in a few barramundi while crocs swam about just metres away.

I can’t say I was completely at ease with small children so close to the water after seeing this morning’s crocodile eating a wallaby.
At Ubirr Rock we saw a huge range of aboriginal art. All very impressive in their detail and volume.
We climbed up to the look out for this amazing view into Arnhem land and towards the Arafura Sea.

And we took the full family pic – compliments of a lovely family from New Zealand that we met a couple of days ago – and keep running into. You get that.