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| What a tough life! Mataranka yesterday |
A short trip today from Mataranka to Katherine. It's getting quite warm up here now - reached 30 today. We're booking ahead as many places seem to fill up quickly.
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| Spotted this solar enhanced grave at Katherine Cemetery |
Checked out part of Katherine Gorge this afternoon and visited an interpretive centre at the gorge. Really looking forward to seeing what this region looks like. We're hoping to go on a sunset boat trip tomorrow or the next day. A dawn trip is also offered and we'll do that one on our way back to Adelaide.
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| logo as a sculpture at Katherine Gorge Centre |
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| Great to drive with window down Can't do it with van mirrors attached |
We wandered to a park to eat our lunch while we were at the gorge. As we walked closer, an unpleasant smell hit us; bats, more bats and even more bats were suspended by their feet from several tall trees. They covered the trees and we noticed that the departure point for cruises was under cover just in case of any nasty little accidents.
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| Bats! More bats! |
Robert decided to have a look at the boat ramp - something he does in most places with river or sea access. He was astonished that a female tourist just waded into the water despite warnings from her friends, who watched from a safer place. There are signs in several languages everywhere warning about the presence of crocodiles.
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| boab tree |
Checked out Jurassic Cycad Gardens today. Amazing place which has been developed over several years by a person who obviously has a passion for these ancient plants. He offered his collection to a government botanical garden but it was refused so he set it up himself. Apart from the huge collection of many different cycads, there are cacti that have unusual flowers.
The terrain in the gardens utilises the huge rocks that were already in this area. There are times when we expected to see a rock wallaby jump out in front of us. My knees had a really good workout - even Bobby built up a sweat.
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| Another green snake lurking in cycad garden |
Needed to stock up on supplies so we stopped at Woolworths (no other supermarkets here). The price of tomatoes, cucumbers and other fruit and vegetables is much higher than at home. Barra is on the list and we've been told to go to the local butcher for the best ones.
Something small has bitten me - I have at least 100 little itchy (really itchy) bites on my arms and neck. It's either bites or a rash. Not happy. Wearing jeans and long-sleeved tops just doesn't go with the weather and I've smothered myself in insect repellant. Robert doesn't seem to be as appetising as me - no bites!
Art galleries, museum and School of The Air in the next couple of days.
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