A Very Good Friday Part 2

From Yellow Waters to the mystic beauty of Nourlangie, where Aboriginal people are believed to have sheltered from storms and the heat. One of the great tragedies of our heavy tread upon the Earth is that the people who lived here, the Warramal clan, were decimated after Europeans came and are now extinct. As such, no one is left alive to tell the stories of the artwork that remains on the rock walls. The art is very special of course and, being comparatively modern, is quite distinct: there is a tradition of painting over older artworks so older paintings can be seen behind the more modern versions. However, what is special about Nourlangie is that it has an old, ancient feel to it. This feel pervades all of Kakadu from the floodpains through to the layered walls of the escarpment. This land is so ancient you can feel its great age surrounding you.

I had some initial reservations about showing the art but have decided to. I've had a look around the net and there seem to be photos of it everywhere. If I find I've made a mistake I'll take it down later but for now here is some art from Nourlangie.

After viewing the main gallery, we clambered up to the lookout for the view. It being around 3:30pm now and nearly 40 degrees, I was, to put it bluntly, buggered. I admired the view then staggered back to the bus to down another litre of water. I had a headache, bad sign, but honestly could not have drunk more water than I did. I drank more than 5 litres and it still wasn't enough.

All finished for the day, the tour bus dropped me off at my accommodation, which rather surprisingly turned out to be a really nice self-contained cabin just outside of Jabiru in a spread-out complex with a pool and bistro. Big shout out to the nice man at Kakadu Lodge who moved heaven and earth to get me a gluten-free meal. I was feeling weary and unwell by this time and it was very welcome. Ate dinner, finished the inevitable "I'm on holiday" Terry Pratchett novel and went to bed at the late hours of...7:30pm. No joke. Bye bye good Friday.