Blogs from Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 16

The Ghan and Katherine Gorge After a true hangover day at the pool relaxing with those from the tour it was time to say goodbye and move on once again. We were heading North to Darwin via the Ghan. The Ghan is a luxury train which travels from Adelaide to Darwin over 3 days. It is a must whilst in Australia as you truly get to appreciate the sheer size of this country and see the sparse landscape first hand. Dean from our Alice Springs tour jumped on the Ghan too which made the long 24hr journey a great laugh. We had a lounge, a bar, dining room, sleeper seats and a lovely conductor. It was amazing watching the land change from red dust into lush green flood plains as we reached the Adelaide River in ... read more

We traveled south from Kakadu to Katherine. We stopped at a swim at a waterfall. Then we headed into Nitmiluk National Park and Katherine George. I did the optional George cruise. It was no where near as good as the Kakadu cruise but it was nice to be in the gorge and see the area. There were fresh water crocs but only a few people saw them. We went past a few breeding grounds. The river was low so the boat could not go through the entire gorge system but we got to get out and hike it and go for a swim. There was an Aboriginal display too of weapons and Didgeridoos. Contiki people got to have a try at the Didge. That night for Dinner we celebrated a birthday for one of the travelers ... read more

Greetings from Katherine, the Northern Territory's second biggest town (Darwin having top spot) Seeing as the whole territory (we've learnt to call it that now.. it is NOT a state!) has only 200,000 residents, it's not hard to see why Katherine has one main street.. and that's about it! I've been allocated Kakadu National Park to talk about, and Ben will have the much longer job of telling you about our last WWoofing spot, a whole week's worth of stories! We went straight to Kakadu from Darwin, where we did our last blog. We spent 2 nights camping inside the park and one night at a roadhouse just outside. First place we visited was a huge billabong, it's hard to believe there is so much water around if you look for it. We only stopped briefly ... read more

Current Mood: Cant wait until this is my life for four months of the West Coast. Right then… After getting back home from Dropping Hilke to the airport our original plans of heading off straight away turned out to be different as per usual!! We both crashed out at home and didn’t get up until 11!! Well I didn’t anyway!! I got up to find Brett had been a busy bee running around the house (with his feather duster hahaha kidding) Packing up the essentials for a trip to Daly Waters to see a mate of his!! Man its going to be a long drive!! So out to the Van we got and shot down to Mackie’s for some Hangover Breakfast before heading to Bunnings to pick up hooks for our newly bough Hammocks!! The plan ... read more

It was our last full day of the trip and it was scorching hot. We found a place off the road to set up the table to have lunch, but shade was scarce and I was in even more need of my refreshing midday coldie than usual. This was a bad habit that I had acquired on the trip - one can of beer with my lunch - and the only other person who occasionally joined me was Dee, the Cork woman - fair play to her! I can't recall much of what we did that day, maybe we went down into some gorges to look for freshies in the hot afternoon? In any case, by early evening we were literally driving through the golden, knee high spinafex on a dirt track bordering the Gregory national ... read more