Kakadu tracks late to open
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:43 am
Sent in by a concerned Top Ender ...
"I sent these photos to Kakadu Admin. The road to 2 Mile opened on June 8, I was there the following day.
There are two photos of the creek that is only about a kilometre back from the campground.
As you can see it is bone dry. In 37 years I have never seen it this dry at this time of the year, even after a bad wet .... we just had a bigger than normal wet!
The other photos are of the two gutters/ channels that used to be the excuse for keeping the road closed for so long.
Two years ago they were finally filled in with rocks and you can see how dry and easily passable they are even for a two-wheel drive vehicle, let alone a 4X4.
The big red signs at the start of the road, as you turn off the Arnhem Highway, clearly state a 4X4 is required ... but my concern is that these photos clearly show that the road could have been opened weeks before it was.
My questions I put to park management where:
1 - why has this road been kept closed for so long when it is very clear that it could have been opened weeks before ?
2 - why go to the trouble and expense to finally fill the 2 troublesome gutters with rocks to make them easily passable but still keep the road closed for as long as they have for years
3 - are there other reasons why the road has remained closed ?
Finally I pointed out that one bloke had entered the day the road opened and said the road was well used, one of the camping areas was well used and the natural boat ramp was well used as evidenced by the dusty earth and tyre marks in the mud on the water's edge ... hhhmmm, what is going on there?
I've waited until now and have no response from Park admin.
Thought you might be interested.
By the way, the water level was the lowest I've seen it at 2 Mile, and none of the little were creeks were running ... two days fishing and got one undersized barra."
"I sent these photos to Kakadu Admin. The road to 2 Mile opened on June 8, I was there the following day.
There are two photos of the creek that is only about a kilometre back from the campground.
As you can see it is bone dry. In 37 years I have never seen it this dry at this time of the year, even after a bad wet .... we just had a bigger than normal wet!
The other photos are of the two gutters/ channels that used to be the excuse for keeping the road closed for so long.
Two years ago they were finally filled in with rocks and you can see how dry and easily passable they are even for a two-wheel drive vehicle, let alone a 4X4.
The big red signs at the start of the road, as you turn off the Arnhem Highway, clearly state a 4X4 is required ... but my concern is that these photos clearly show that the road could have been opened weeks before it was.
My questions I put to park management where:
1 - why has this road been kept closed for so long when it is very clear that it could have been opened weeks before ?
2 - why go to the trouble and expense to finally fill the 2 troublesome gutters with rocks to make them easily passable but still keep the road closed for as long as they have for years
3 - are there other reasons why the road has remained closed ?
Finally I pointed out that one bloke had entered the day the road opened and said the road was well used, one of the camping areas was well used and the natural boat ramp was well used as evidenced by the dusty earth and tyre marks in the mud on the water's edge ... hhhmmm, what is going on there?
I've waited until now and have no response from Park admin.
Thought you might be interested.
By the way, the water level was the lowest I've seen it at 2 Mile, and none of the little were creeks were running ... two days fishing and got one undersized barra."