NITMILUK- KATHERINE GORGE

Today we traverse the Savannah Way through the Kimberly. Kapoch trees in flower and towering ranges surround us. Stopping to stretch and lookout over the impressive Victoria River home of the Salties and Barramundi – icon of the Kimberley.
The Barramundi are apparently delicious eating and fishermen say quite thrilling to catch. They also live in both freshwater and saltwater, change sex and eat just about anything! We drive on to the disappointment called Timber Creek with its RAM Car specials and long large houses on wheels lining up for fuel and roadhouse staples.
A big days drive and finding a camp was difficult with people everywhere! They were camped behind rocks, behind bushes, bull dust pits and multi corporation caravan parks, so crowded! The Nitmiluk National Park was a surprise in its quiet serenity and a grassy patch for our swag. Finished off with a cocktail by the pool. Not bad.
Katherine Gorge now called NITMILUK ( cicada), makes sense to me as you hear them on approach. Katherine got its name after the Katherine River, which was named by explorer John McDouall Stuart in 1862 pafter his sponsor's (James Chambers) daughter.
We are reading so much about early Australia, its ancestors and its explorers. Onto our third book Ludwig Leichhardt what a story!!!Read more