Arnhemland 2016 Tour - Mount Borradaile NT
Day 7 - Travel from Maningrida to Mount Borradaile Up again at silly o’clock, this time to be on the road by 7am so that we could get into Davidson’s Safari Lodge at Mt Borradaile by 1 pm. By the time we arrived we were hot and bothered and the first order of business for about half a dozen of us was a swim in the pool. It’s not huge, but again, very deep, and oh so refreshing. Pure bliss. This is the only place not owned by Outback Spirit but it has been substantially updated to accommodate the 20 odd guests that appear every two days in comfort and style. And this they do in newly refurbished ‘tin sheds’, which have large screened windows, an ensuite and a balcony. No air-con though, you just leave everything open and the overhead fan running. After a delicious lunch we were given more swim-time and a bit of time off before we boarded a bus and headed out to our first attraction: aboriginal cave rock art. The bus was a treat. It is a big Toyota thing that holds 20 or so, but its pa...