Category: Around Australia 2011

Greg: ‘Pudsey (Amy’s latest name for me) the road is too noisy’, says Amy from the backseat. She’s got a point, I wanted to turn back after the car started fish tailing on monsoonal size corrugations just 2km in. But no, Emma urged me on (she’s good like that). 36,370 bone jarring, Falcon destroying meters later we pulled into the Gunlom carpark. Which oddly enough is bitumen. Go figure?

Emma: After a short walk to the Gunlom Falls it was decided the trip in was definitely worth it. A refreshing dip in the amazingly scenic pool was only slightly marred by us being the only ones in there. Most people would have been thankful, but Greg being a little paranoid about such matters felt the need place his mum on croc watch and to jump at various shadows. He even felt the need to inquire as to how I was going on my swim across to the base of the falls, all of 50 meters. Continue reading “Day 10-11 Gunlom was great but gee I love bitumen” →

‘So’, said the tour guide for our cruise on Yellow Water, ‘If one of you falls over board I’ve got 15 seconds to get you back on board or you’re gone, it’s all over, game set and match’. He was referring to the crocs of course. Seems we didn’t realy need to take the jumping croc tour after all. Yellow Water’s got plenty. I refrained from asking our guide what then was the point of all those life jackets dangling from the ceiling of our oversize tinnie. Gotta say though I kinda held Amy a little closer after the first two crocs. The second was a beast. Sidled up along side the boat and then right before our eyes descended below the surface like it’d never been there. Scary. Continue reading “Day ? Yellow Water – 15 seconds and you’re gone” →