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We are taking advantage of visitors and school holidays to finally get to explore that other part of Australia that isn't on the eastern coast of the continent. So now we are cozied up in the airport resort in Darwin (likely the nicest airport accommodation I have ever stayed at) after our northern escapades welcoming in the new year with honey and swimming. And what we learned is that it is honestly hot up here. No kidding around with this latitude thing. But it is also quite nice. Kakadu National Park was a really different ecosystem of what I usually see. Well to be more precise it has the greatest variety of ecosystems on the continent - savannah, woodland, forest mudflats to name a few. It also boasts creature diversity - containing one third of Australia's bird species and a quarter of it's land mammals. And it has billabongs galore. Also noteworthy is  a very healthy thriving population of crocs. And flies. It made us appreciate vast untouched wilderness and sunset walks up rocky crags. 

Bird watching in the wetlands

Our sister is better than the view

Rocks and storms make us smile

This rock is on fire thanks to the sunset

So much art work to be seen but this is a favored depiction of Nabulwinjbulwinj who hits girls with yams

Hiking buddies

I like the progression of names in the wet season