Nitmiluk National Park (Katherine Gorge)

We have spent a couple of days at the southern part of the park, staying in the campsite here which thankfully had a swimming pool to cool off in as the river is a no go swim/kayak area at the moment due to crocs. We had a friendly kangaroo that enjoyed being hand fed carrots (very naughty to feed wild animals, but couldn't resist those beautiful eyelashes). There was also a cookaburra who wasn't too camera shy. Last night we were amazed when the fruit bats flew over head to go and feed, there must have been thousands of them and was a sight to see. During the day, while resting they are so noisy (like a baby crying but silent when flying). Today we walked for over 10km to get to a couple of viewpoints over looking the gorge and a rockhole, hard work in the heat, 30 degrees or so. Yesterday on our way throughthe town of Katherine we went into the School of the Air and had an interesting chat about the logistics of how it all works. Would take some getting use to, teaching to a class of 17 children who are all on-line! While visiting the bottle shop (the only place you can buy alcohol from in Aus) we were asked by the resident policeman, not the resident security guard, for id. We were overjoyed that we looked that young, till we realised everyoe was asked along with where we were staying. We also went to the natural spring fed crystal clear river of the Katherine Hot Springs. Not only was it lovely and warm, it was beautifully clear. The flow of water and the palm trees overhead made it a lovely place to swim.Read more