2) Barramundi Creek
The drive from Jabiru to the start of the walk takes about an hour. A short walk from the car park takes us to the main falls and the climb to the upper gorge. A walk through the upper gorge brings us to a lovely beach camp site.
When we leave the gorge, we find ourselves in a broad sandy valley. The only visible water is in a few isolated pools. All the flow is through the sand below our feet. After about five kilometres, we turn off into a side valley and suddenly find flowing water. Another kilometre brings us to a beautiful, deep, clear, shady pool where we can relax and enjoy a swim.
A short climb to the top brings us to more beautiful pools, waterfalls and our campsite.
The next day we walk across the plateau and down to the largest pool in the entire Barramundi system. Huge Allosyncarpia trees give deep shade on the wide sandy banks of the pool, another exceptional camp site.
Depending on how fast we've been traveling, we may spend a second night here or we may begin our walk back to the start.
We work our way back down the main valley, sometimes in the deep shade of a patch of monsoon forest, more often in the open woodland, stopping for the occasional swim along the way.