Day 2: Mataranka

We decided to go to the larger park, Kakadu, the second day and pass the hot springs in Mataranka. The drive was about 400 km, so we drove most of the day although we had time to check out two waterfalls and a big field of termite mounds

When we tried to use the gas burner to cock water for the breakfast we failed big time; no matches and then not enough gas in the burner. When we finally got our water boiling our 'brazilian' coffee tasted like hot chocolate and only contained 1 % coffee.


The first waterfall was really cool, but swimming were not allowed since there were a crocodile lurking around. Instead we took a walk around the fall and got some stunning views. The second waterfall provided some really good swimming and we had a nice sandwich lunch.

We stopped on the way down to Mataranka in Pine Creeks, which was a really small and isolated town. People had their dogs standings on the backs of their cars open storage spaces, quite weird and hillbilly-like.

In Katarine we saw some Abourginal people walking around with bare foots: western civilization meets an ancient culture. After Katarine they warned for controlled fires (they do that to prevent bush-fires) along the way to Mataranka. It was really cool to drive with fires around us, but when we got closer to Mataranka we got a bit worried when the fires grew larger. Luckily, there were no fires in Mataranka and we could finally get some food and rest at the second camping site we tried (the first one said it was full, even though there were not full).