Edith and Gregory

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August 14th 2017

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Edith Falls - bottom pool

Edith Falls (Nitmiluk National Park) - - Big Horse Creek (Gregory National Park)

Leaving Darwin our first overnighter is at Edith Falls in the Nitmiluk National Park. This is one of our favourite places in NT. There is a 'bottom' pool and a 'top' pool. This time we only went into the bottom pool because we arrived after lunch and it was way too hot to walk the 1km up to the top pool and another 1.6km back. It would be better to stay two nights and do the top walk in the morning, but we are only staying one night this time. The pool was so nice - very cold at first, but it didn't take long to get used to it. I wanted to swim out to the waterfall but the thought of crocodiles stopped me... I stayed in the more populated swimming area.

We left Edith Falls early the next morning and headed West after a quick stop at Katherine for breaky. The landscape on the Savannah Way seems to change every time you round a bend or come over a crest. Driving through the Victoria River region is stunning, with the ranges on

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Edith Falls - camp setup, time for a swim

both sides providing the awesome view.

Our next over-nighter was at Big Horse Creek campground in the Gregory National Park. Here we walked down to the boat ramp (Victoria River) and spied on the Bower birds along the way. They didn't really like us watching so we left them in peace.

We lit a campfire that night, not to keep warm but to keep the mozzies away. It was nice sharing the campfire with fellow travellers.

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