Motor Car Falls

Everybody was feeling a bit sore this morning after a big day yesterday. So the best thing to cure the pain was obviously to get up early and go for another hike...

We were back on a hiking trail by about 8am, headed to a spot called Motor Car Falls. Almost immediately a Wallaby bounced away through the underbrush, too quick to get a snap. The hiking trail was significantly easier than either of those we did yesterday, but the scenery along the path wasn't quite as picturesque either. The hike was posted as being about 6km 4 hours return, but we were already at the falls after an hour and travelling over 3km... Have to take those signs with a pinch of salt.

The falls were stunning. Beautiful rock formations with red, white and black striations and an emerald green pool at the bottom. The water was calling out to us. So after a healthy waiting period to ensure we didn't see any critters (no croc warning signs for this spot) we were leaping into the beautiful refreshing water. There was a cave on the other side of the pool, but after a cursory investigation nobody was quite brave enough to explore.

Refreshed, and a little less smelly, we headed back to the vehicles. On the way we drove through an area of bush fire. Very strange to see the area burning but nobody concerned about it... On one of the bigger highways we came across some very impressive road trains, which apparently can be up to 52m long and take 200m to stop when going 100km/h.

Supplies were getting a little low, so we drove into Katherine to restock on food, water, hygiene products, and beer. We wanted to camp out at Leliyn campground, but it was all booked out so we settled for a free campsite just off the road instead.

Another great camp feed of Gochugang while sitting out under the stars telling stories. Plenty of shooting stars were spotted and we all began playing with the astrophotography functions on our phones. Pretty amazing to find some extra features, even on some of the cheaper phones.En savoir plus