Top End 2016 - Second Instalment (Ubirr to Gunlom Falls)
Hello again folks. As promised, here is the second instalment for this year’s tour of the Top End. In this instalment, students complete the first of their three day walks and travel to the southern end of Kakadu National Park.
Saturday morning saw students rising early and heading to Gubara Pools (the start of our first three day walk). The walk at Gubara is an introductory level walk, where students begin working together and practicing the skills required for a bushwalk in this rugged part of Australia. Here students viewed ancient rock art and amazing scenery while climbing house sized boulders. Oh and they did loads of swimming. I have included some pictures for you all. I hope you enjoy them.
After a very early start on Monday morning, we walked out of Gubara climbed into the Troopies and headed for Gunlom falls for, you guessed it, more swimming…
We stayed Monday evening at a little known spot called Ferny Gully then headed for Gunlom Falls via Plum Tree falls (a very secret little spot on the way into Gunlom) and Motorcar Falls (again an area seldom visited by tourists.
Thanks for taking the time to read about our adventures. I hope you enjoyed the photos… we certainly had fun taking them. Stay tuned for Part 3 of our Top End 2016 Tour next week. In the meantime, if you are interested in being part of the Dukes program here at St Clare’s, come along to our meetings on Wednesdays in Room 21. But don’t wait too long as training has already begun on our second Bronze trip to be held at the end of Week 9.
Bernie Holland, Dukes Coordinator
