Farewell Darwin, Hello Kakadu

KAKADU NATIONAL PARK Monday we left Darwin and headed out here to the park which was about 300kms, got settled into the caravan park and then visited the Bowali Information Centre to suss out what to see and do the next few days.

Today we did a one hour scenic flight, it was great, the park is vast so a great way to see some of the escarpments, wetlands and Alligator river. Tomorrow we are doing a dawn cruise so bound to see a few crocodiles in their natural habitat.
RANGER URANIUM MINE This mine will be operating through to 2021 and provides 10% of the countries uranium for export. The tour was great and we got to see around the site and the buildings/equipment that make up the various stages from rock to powder for export. The bottom of this open cut mine where the water is, is 170 metres below sea level and the top of the mine is 15 metres above sea level.