Katherine - 1st Visit

We had no idea what Katherine would bring obviously we’d heard the stories about how much crime was there, don’t stop drive though but we’d learnt from experience never to listen to people as their interpretation of rough, doggie , isn’t the same as everyone else’s opinion, experiences.
The camp site Lakeside was located on the outskirts of town next to Katherine river under a canopy of trees and down the path from the springs.
Adventuring into town for supplies the cops are everywhere, the shopping centre was ok , no hassles just everyone doing there thing, NT has different rules in alcohol consumption, you can’t drink in public areas and the bottle o doesn’t open until 2pm , you also have police checking ID at the bottle o and when you buy your beer you get asked for ID , Why? So they can check if you have any BDO’s -

If you have a BDO (banned drinker order ) it means you are not allowed to purchase, possess or consume alcohol for the period of your order.
This includes buying takeaway alcohol.
You will also be on the banned drinker register.
Each community has different alcohol restrictions in NT ,

Funny thing was as soon as 2pm came the queue of vehicle lined up at the bottle o where all white thirsty punters and Paul walked out with 6 bottles of wine and a box of beer?
We took a trip out to the gorge to see if we could see anything with hiking to mars in the desert heat but saw only cliff faces and lots of bush, found a art gallery of a collection of different aboriginal artists sourced from around Australia which was definitely worth a visit.

We had no idea we shall be visiting Katherine for the second time further along the trip?Read more