Tuesday 2nd August – 12,290 km
Time for egg and bacon breakfast, before heading up to yet another plunge pool – how much more of this can I take :) Was sensible today and put my hiking boots on. Ankle slightly swollen and a strange colour (like I have a severe sunburn) but it is ok. Will take Gandalf (walking stick) with me. Headed off to the plunge pool to discover it was slightly warmer – very nice. Swam half way across to the falls but something with a long nose popped up about 6 metres in front of me. As I was at the back of the pack no one else saw it, but I was having a 'sensible' day and realising that I was wet enough to have washed off most of the dirt and dust I would go back and guard our shoes :-). Do my team recognise the sacrifice some of us make? And who else was going to take photos of the 'kids' leaping off the falls? One more pool to check out before we departed Kakadu. We arrived at Gunlom for lunch after quite a long haul over corrugations. Max handled it well. Gave my ankle a rest and had a computer lesson with my 'tutor' :-) whilst the others went off to let their inner kids take over. I worked on getting the photos ready to upload onto the blog. Next coverage, it might happen, finally! Kept moving, leaving Kakadu – it was a very good experience. Quick stop in Pine Creek, fuel for some, Skype chat for others, and air up and Magnum for the Driver-he thoroughly enjoyed it. Arrived at Edith Falls in plenty of time for a leisurely camp. Now my 'C's wont work and I have to press it 3 or 4 times to get one, grrrr – Keyboard is probably full of outback dust.
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