Mrs Arrigault @ 34th year young

The making of my birthday cake @ 830am on 31st July 2011... What a lucky laopo!

The day before I went to 2 bbqs, one for lunch and one for dinner. For dinner, we all had quite a lot of margaritas being a mexican night.

hi bella, im your amigo ET

hi amigo ET, dont bother me, im drinking margaritta

Volunteered to be bob so that Et could drink to his fullest, everyone was thinking that Et was going to have a hangover which he didnt! Trop fort!

Anyway we were still going camping @ the Kakadu national park coz its my birthday with or without the hangover! Just that we didnt know it was that far away :(

A 2.5 hours drive brought us to a stop called black forest on the 4WD dirt track and we took our lunch

We then realised we were still a long way from Gumlom Falls, our camp site...
and for some reasons we had to stop again, look at Et's worried face. What's wrong?!

Our suzzie has to cross the river!

I reassured papa suzzie that if the bike can do it, so can suzzie, and
SHE DID IT EASY PEASY
made us proud!
2 hrs later we arrived @ our camp site and the first thing we did was

blow my candles :) I love getting my hubby's home make choc cake on this day

After having the delicious cake, we were ready for a hike up the hill in search of the most pristine water holes

We climbed  along the sides of the giant waterfalls, closing up to the source of the south Alligator river!

the climb was steeper than I thought, but the view well worth it!

Finally a peep of the water hole blocked by the afternoon sun! there are 2 main pools-

One which I call the infinity pool as it is at the edge of the Gunlom Falls over looking the plains

And the other, the mini waterwall. Et climbed up there and saw another big pool above.

Swimming in it was refreshing!

we were lucky to be the only people at the falls when we swam as the sun was setting

And it was SO beautiful.

Gathered some wood on the way down and had wood fired chicken roast. 

Et wasn't hungry but could not resist the roast and the hot potatoes. Cooking with fire beats using the oven or hot pans. The taste of the chicken is still lingering in my mouth....

That night I caught 3 shooting stars in a sea of stars, and slept in the tent listening to the water fall.

Being alive at 34, camping in the wild with my hubby, is the best thing I could ever dream of.