Road trip thro Central Australia . . part 2
We pulled out of Mataranka, heading a day's drive north to Katherine, a big town with a series of gorges east of town. We hired two-man kayaks to canoe up the gorge three or four miles. We could have taken the lazy way and jumped on a tour boat, but prefer
to do it the hard way . . . . the canoes were about 10 Pounds hire a day ..
Katherine gorge syd by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
. . . . cliffs of Katherine Gorge close in on you . . .
DSC09526 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
Next day, we travelled north for about half a day, going off the main highway to see Edith Falls
. . . . . the car park . .
Kakadu Gunlom 23 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
. . . a walk thro the bush and we get to the falls, a beautiful waterfall cascades into the lake in the "wet" season. This is the "dry" so no waterfall . . .
Edith falls 17 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
We climbed up above the falls to see the swimming area . . . .
Kakadu Gunlom 22 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
Up here, there are no crocs to worry about . . .
Kakadu Gunlom 40 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
. . . . Ginnie enjoying the water cascading over her . .
Kakadu Gunlom 37 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
. . . it doesn't take much to get a couple of Aussies in the water . . .
Kakadu swimming speed bumb water hole gin bob 12 by bobnorth1951,
on Flickr
. . . . . back to the main highway, after our detour . .
Moline pool 52 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
. . . . camping always meant the billy on . . .
DSC00335 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr
. . . and occasionally a visitor . . .
DSC00269 by bobnorth1951, on Flickr