Ubirr - our favourite, plus another barra!

At the far northern end of Kakadu is Ubirr Rock with what are described as some of the world's most important rock art and a stunning view of the surrounding wetlands. Again, we were lucky enough to do a guided walk to the art sites at Ubirr Rock and this time we had 3 aboriginal guides, one from each of 3 different local clans. It was such a privilege to spend time with them, to see how they proudly explained the uses of many of the plants and other aspects of their culture. They were good presenters, but clearly a little shy and reticent and not really sure who should be saying what. They were friendly with each other, and backed each other up in finding the English words to describe some aspects. They were never in a hurry and were happy to answer questions.

A demonstration of aboriginal painting was lead by this lovely relaxed man.

Sunset at Ubirr rock.

 The long necked turtle.

Everyone climbs Ubirr rock to see the sunset over the wetlands.

Cahill's crossing is where you cross the East Alligator River into aboriginal controlled Arnhem Land. Its also where loads of local aboriginals and tourists try to avoid the crocs and catch a barra. Its about 2 foot deep at high tide and a couple of inches at low tide, but cars cross it quite frequently. Russ caught about 10 barra, only one was a keeper though.