25^th November (Friday)

We took a Scenic Tours Flight over Kakadu National Park. 

Sheila & Mike prepare to embark

We headed all the way down to the Jim-Jim Falls (259m) and the Twin Falls (158m), both of which were currently out of bounds due to the start of the rainy season and even when open only by using 4WD vehicles.

Jim-Jim Falls

The flight provided a good view of Jabiru, our hotel, the Jabiru golf course and the Ranger Uranium Mine.

Mecure Crocodile Hotel

On the way out of the airport we took a wrong turn and ended up at the side of the open cast Uranium mine.

Ranger Uranium Mine

In the afternoon we decided to play a round of golf at the Jabiru Golf Club.  We almost gave up on the first tee as we were bitten to death by a swarm of mosquitoes. I promptly dived back into the club house to apply copious quantities of insect repellent.  This did quell the onset of the mosquitoes but some still persisted. Quite distracting going to hit ball as a mosquito buzzes around your face.

This must be the first golf course where one finds termite mounds on the fairways, some 2-3 feet high! There is no mention of this in the local rules.  However, one can lift and drop within one club length a ball lying in a buffalo hoof print! Not that we saw any buffaloes.

In the evening after a meal we watched a video of the Kakadu National Park and the work of the rangers. We had watched part of one of the two CDs a previous night but didn’t finish the CD. Well none of the hotel staff could find the correct controller so in the end we downloaded an app of the internet called “Sure” and successfully controlled it from my mobile phone.