Kakadu National Park [Dateline 24 Aug -  25 Aug 2006]

A wonderful day was spent in Australia's largest national park.  Having almost been chased off the road by wild horses we went on a river cruise, it was absolutely amazing and a little bit overwhelming for the little Norwegian on board.... It felt like being in the middle of a wildlife documentary!  The diversity of birds was stunning.  We saw Magpie geese, egrits in all sizes, Azure kingfishers, sea eagles, Rufous night herons, Whistling ducks, darters, jabirus, cormorants, Black legged storks, ... and that's just what I remember of the top of my head! And of course, crocodiles were lurking everywhere, so there is no swimming up here!

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In Kakadu, looking out over the Yellow Waters billabong

We joined a boat trip in the afternoon, 2 hours of what Hege later described as like being in a David Attenborough documentary.....