Wednesday, 9 July 2014

9th July, 2014

This morning we got up and went on a walk to Murill Billabong and the South Alligator River. To be honest there wasn't a lot to see unless you were willing to risk life and limb by getting close to the water. Here is a pic of Alyssa and Clare walking back in the increasing heat.




When we got back to camp we packed up and were ready to hitch up the camper when the first glitch of the trip arose. The fridge slide wouldn't close, I tried magic spray but it didn't work  and in the end had to keep slamming it shut to get the thing shut. I did find two ball bearings that had come out of the right side. I did have an issue when I was cleaning it before we came away but didn't want top spend the cash upgrading to the monster slides; guess that didn't work.

Anyway we got going again and drove out back to the bitumen where I aired up and started heading for Cooinda to get our parks pass and book in for the sunrise boat tour. Clare was reading one of our many guide books and mentioned Maguk, which sounded like it had a great swimming area, so we turned right and headed down the 11 k dirt road with plenty of corrugations.

We got to the campground and had lunch before deciding to stay the night, we set up in the heat of the day and everyone ws stuffed. The. I decided to take apart the fridge slide and see if au could repair it. Not a lot of luck but at least we can open and close it for the time being.

We drive down to the day visitor car park, about 1.5 km in and then walked in to the rock escarpment above the main swimming hole. We were not dissappointed it was a magic spot. There was a very deep stream/river to swim through and rock ledges to jump from. There was a very dark circular pool to jump in with about a 2 metre radius of rock face, once in the water you had to open your eyes and about 1.5 meters down there was a hole in the rock to swim through out into the open pool. It was a bit daunting but Clare and I both tried it. We swam for an hour or so and felt very clean before starting the trek back to the car. All these beautiful rock pools make up for the lack of showers where we are staying.


Lower pool which we didn't swim in. 


Rock pools that we did  swim in, the pressure test on the right.

On the way out we found some rock art.



Tonight we have been surrounded by frogs, insects and bugs.


This place is unbelievable if you have the time to explore it properly, we are only going to touch the surface.




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