Wednesday 22 September 2010

Alice Springs to Darwin via Katherine and Kakadu NP

We left Alice Springs on the 1st Sept and we've been very slowly making our way to Darwin to meet Nic's parents who are due in Darwin tomorrow.

It got hotter and more humid all the way up and it's now 34C everyday. This has meant a desire for air conditioning and hence a need to stay in caravan parks. This is therefore more costly but worth it!

We've been taking advantage of all the crocodile-free swimming holes and swimming pools to try and stay cool. Below is Bitter Springs - the water is a constant 34C. The current floats you down to a ladder and you can swim or snorkel down. We did both several times and we saw some river turtles on the way past.



In Katherine we went to 'Marksie's Stockman Camp Tucker Night'. This is Jeff Marks who hosts the event and we had some delicious bush tucker, including camel sausages. He also has thousands of very funny stories and the ones he told us I'm sure I'll remember for a long time.


We had a couple of nights at Katherine Gorge and we had a wonderful day canoeing through 3 of the gorges. It was also lovely swimming in the water to cool down.


We had an amazing week in Kakadu NP doing some really cool stuff and I've done separate blogs for this which I hope you enjoy.

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