Nitmiluk – Friday

Good morning.

Galahs at sunrise

Trouble with wobbly tables? Not at Daly Waters Pub.

During the night dingoes were howling, it didn’t keep me awake but I can imagine the sound would have unnerved early explorers. Despite my natural inclination I was up with the sun this morning which was a real advantage because I not only got to the showers before the multitudes but we also were on the road early. So many caravans were heading north that I was concerned we might not get a campsite at Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) if we didn’t arrive early.

We passed numerous signs to World War II airfields and at least one hospital, arriving here about 1 o’clock. I needn’t have worried about not getting a site because it’s nothing like the last time we were here, which would have been school holidays.

The best it’s ever been and no one will see it!

Nice secluded campsite

By the time we’d wrangled the annexe we were ready for a cool drink. I was very surprised to see that almost all the cakes in the cafe were GF. After that we enjoyed a REFRESHING swim, so different from our Bedouri water exploits.

Wallaby with tiny baby under our tow bar

Male wallaby

Little lizard

Tomorrow is a day for restocking our food supplies so we’ll go back into Katherine and do laundry when we come back. I don’t think it will take long for the washing to dry in this weather.