Katherine Gorge to Materanka, NT

Edith Falls (Nitmiluk NP)

Friday 8th to Sunday10th  August

A spur of the moment decision took us to Edith Falls and I am so glad we made this detour! What a beautiful little secret this end of Katherine Gorge NP is! The plunge pool is only a couple of minutes from camp and the camping is quiet and personal, and cost $20 for us all for a night!! We walked to the upper pools the next morning to before setting off to restock in Katherine.

Hairy scary quite contrary, how does your beard grow?

 

Katherine Gorge

Re-stocked and on the move again we headed out to Katherine Gorge for a dinner cruise. The camping was expensive and crowded so luckily we spent very little time at the site before heading out to the gorge. The dinner cruise was wonderful and included lots of information about local history, rock art and geological formations before transforming into a floating restaurant for a 3 course meal which included crocodile! This has been one of our most special evenings yet as I’m sure the photo will testify.

 

A slight hiccough when we got back to the tent still couldn’t spoil the evening, but had a bloody good go! We hadn’t had time to put away our shopping in Katherine, so had piled it all in the tent, only to find that about a million ants had found it and were inside the bedding and bags!! After a full scale evacuation war was waged and won by Simon the Destroyer and the food was saved!

 

Mataranka Bitter Springs

 

Wow, this place is a must if you are ever travelling nearby, the bitter springs in Elsey NP are just fantastic; warm flowing water that carries you down stream surrounded by lush plants and a few huge spiders!! This was another afternoon of R & R which rates among some of the best!

Crystal clear water