Jakes 11th Birthday - Katherine - NT

Jake's birthday was held at the Katherine skate park with the Gillespie Family coming along to help us celebrate it. Samuel, James, Lilly and Breanna get in on the fun and make it a wonderful day.
I didn't have an oven for this cake, but thanks to Woolies and the internet I was able to grant Jakes request for a "scooter" cake! We now have HEAPS of lollies left over, but no one is complaining!
Happy Birthday Jake!

Tim and I take a flight with Kakadu Air to see Jim Jim and Twin Falls which are inaccessible at the moment on the ground due to the flooded roads. Really awesome, but the flight was uncomfortable, and made me feel a bit "green" around the gills!!

Exploring more wonderful rockart in Kakadu. Check out how tall the grass is around the place!

Fishing (and catching them too!) in Kakadu. The Ranger Uranium Mine which is making headlines at the moment due to the wet wet making the dam fill and potentially spilling contaminated waste into local community waters!

This area is called Nourlangie Rock. There are several wonderful pieces of rock art to look at here. We did a bit of walking around the rock and to the lookout towards Nourlangie. Just wonderful to be here in Kakadu!

This walk was 3kms in to some beautiful waterholes called Gubara (I will never be able to remember or pronounce all these names!). The kids and Tim rode their bikes in and I walked. The walk in was lovely, but it absolutely poured down as we went to come out - and we got soaked to the skin. Something we will never forget thats for sure! And check out the size of the spiders up here. Ginormous!

Jake and Amy get to drive the boat on our cruise - and we get an ALL you can EAT breakfast at the end of our morning trip! We are all very excited about that!

More photos of the wetlands at Cooinda - Yellow Waters Cruise.

Staying at Cooinda Caravan Park which has an awesome pool AND internet access! Took a Yellow Waters Cruise at DAWN this morning!

KAKADU NT

We've made it to the biggest National Park in Australia! Beautiful scenery and lots of fun to be had in Kakadu!