June 9 and 10 were spent at Mary River, about halfway between Darwin and Jabiru. We were disappointed to miss out on a camping site at Litchfield NP so we thought we would be a bit closer to Kakadu to get the site we were after. It was a good call because the Mary River Wilderness Retreat and Camping Ground was beautiful. It was set on about 3 acres with lots of grass, trees and very close to the River. The large saltwater (sorry, estuarine) crocodile sunning himself on the opposite bank meant that we didn't wander too close to the water but it was pretty nonetheless. There were loads of wallabies roaming around, loads of birds and a very relaxing environment. It was even hotter here than Darwin so again lots of time in the pool, a few bushwalks (very eerie when you got close to the river or near one of the many billabongs - we do not yet have the blaise attitude that a lot of other tourists have) and a fair bit of reading and boardgames.
We were warned when we arrived that it would be very noisy on the Friday night because the 'Top End Folk Festival' was starting then. We did contemplate hanging around a bit longer so that we could check that out but when by 4 o'clock on the Friday the park still looked like it had the previous day we thought we may as well stick to original plan and head to Kakadu. There was a bit of activity that night with a few people playing their music and lots of extra tents but not enough to encourage us to pay $85 each to partake in the festival.
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| walked across the swing bridge very quickly |
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| Plenty of these guys around |
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| Going for the cowgirl look |
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| Ducks by the billabong |
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