Katherine

6th July

We got away early & better scenery with more trees & even saw some beef stock. We couldn't get in the park until 11 am as the sprinklers were going on the Grass!!
 A very nice park with around 36 sites & we have a concrete pad & my clothes line is on lawn! Caught up on chores & then drove to the info centre where we booked a gorge tour & did a shop at the very busy Woolies. It made a nice change to have happy hour outside on a very warm night on concrete instead of dust.
  The next morning Allan & I drove the 30 klm's out to the gorge & then walked to get on the boat. John & Sue did this tour before Xmas as part of their Ghan trip. We heard all sorts of screeching & looked up to find flying foxes or bats above us.

    We boarded the boat & set off on a wonderful 2 hour exploration of two of the gorges . There are about 13 all told & many people do walks in this area some of which are 4-5 days!

There was a guy fishing & many others in kayaks enjoying this place. We had to get off the boat at the end of the first gorge & walk about 500 m past some rock art .

It was very nice & easy to walk as well to our waiting boat. Unfortunately a little boy decided he didn't want to board & his poor parents were so embarressed as he vented his feelings. It did make trying to hear our captain rather difficult & several around us thought the child should be left behind or given a good smack! However he did settle down & we got to enjoy things again. Some people were having a swim & a huge black bird swooped into their unattended kayak & started eating their food!

The second gorge was even better & we heard many interesting facts about how it all came about. We did see a freshwater crocodile but unfortunately the phone died so we missed out. A new camera & phone are on the list for Darwin.

We arrived back & went into the excellent building which had a restaurant, gift shop & sat on a great deck to have a coffee. The entire morning was run very efficiently & lots of tours happening every hour. In the wet season the water comes up another 8 m & where we walked between the boats is well underwater. They then use a power boat for the tours which goes over the top of these areas.

We finished the day will dinner at the Country club where everyone was impressed with their meal & a very pleasant evening. Love Bev & Allan.