The Mary river house boat

We wanted to see the wetlands in Kakadu because they are so beautiful and full of life. After having been disappointed with what Kakadu had to offer we looked a bit harder and Bess found this place on the Mary river that runs house boats. It’s just outside Kakadu but still very much in the wetlands. It was expensive but instead of 2 hours on the wetlands we got 2 days and nights out there at our own pace.
We fished as we motored along at the blistering pace of 2 knots, could have gone faster but there was just so much to see, and yes we did catch fish as a bonus. The amount of crocs we saw was frightening, although very safe on the houseboat , but we did see a croc eating another dead croc, so it certainly was a dog eat dog world. The bird life was exceptional and they all were in huge numbers. Apparently there were buffalo there too however we didn’t see any, but the two nights we had were just pure magic, just us and the wild life including some mozzies although the boat was well set up to keep them out especially the sleeping area. What a magical two nights!!!
From here we went out to virtually the mouth of the Mary river to a man made barrage which maintains the water levels in the wetlands and keeps them just in fresh water. We spent one night there, then we moved 20k up river to another spot on the Mary river which had a beautiful rocky out crop for us to fish from. Had to move a couple of big rocks the authorities had put in the way to stop anyone camping in the best spot. By then we had meet another guy, Darren, ex SAS, so the rocks were not a problem. Had two lovely nights and days there with our new found friend fishing our hearts out with the usual success, zero, but hey that’s fishing. We were reminded it’s called fishing not catching. 🤣. From here we went back to the Bark Hut Inn for more of their hospitality before heading to Darwin for some truly well earned R and R.Read more