Gunlom: We walked into the falls for a swim (no crocodiles at last!) …. It was very cold water but very refreshing! I took the above photos and did the environmental journalling in the morning before we left the area. It was just pure natural beauty and not manmade cultivated beauty as we found in Europe (England and Italy) as in previous trips overseas. Vegetation on the left hand of the pool consists of small trees to ten metres high of a dry rainforest consistency with close dark green leaves ….. trees angle up the cliffs in a series of three rock terraces and grade into the surrounding woodland forest. On the right hand of the pool, the dry woodland forest comes down to the waters edge. It then changes into a paperbark forest (Melaleuca Forest) ….. the trees grow to 30 metres high with single trees then spreading out into the gravel beach …… the gravel has been piled up against the trunks from the wet season flooding. The water around the plunge pool on this side is edged with river pandanus …. the spiky sedgelike tops grow to three metres in height ….. the river pandanus forms a continuous five metre wide banding around the entire pool edge on the right hand side of the water. See the photo above of the little creek outlet. This species type is commonly seen growing on beach fronts and headlands in an Eastern Coastal setting, but here in Kakadu National Park, there is particular species of river pandanus which grows right in fresh water. Gunlom Falls, Creek and Plunge Pool …. Falls Overall …. Water falls in a series of broken cascades from 100 metre high falls in a five metre wide curtain of water …… the water falls off the sheer sandstone escarpment above the level where I am …… The cliffs of the escarpment encircle the space of the falls in sheer falling cliffs to 400 metres around. _____________________________ COur camper van in another locality ….. totally self contained with a gas stove and with 12 volt for lighting and small refrigerator. See the website: http://www.drivenow.com.au/details/australia/ campervans/lastMinute/nt-darwin/any/apollo- australia-on-request-cheapa-campa-cheapa-cam. Entry to the Park …. was by travelling 40 kms on an unsealed loose gravel road …. All at a bone-shaking 20 - 30 kms. / hr. for 1.45 hours. We just followed the map of the area with a description of a waterfall with a plunge pool at the end of the road. We passed through dry eucalyptus woodland for kilometre after kilometre ….. Many times we wondered if it was worth it. Right at the very end we suddenly came into this green valley with high cliffs and a waterfall plunging off the escarpment. It was a small green – grassed oasis with big sprinklers going on of mown lawn under shady eucalypt trees which Park Ranger kept in order. We made camp in the camping area with our camper van. There were hot showers run from solar heating. _______________________