Katherine for 1 day

At 6.15 a.m. we turned the car in the direction of Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) and as the sun rose drove to get to our breakfast cruise.  It was still half dark as we arrived with some problem finding the correct car park.  It was a beautiful place to visit at that time of day, even if a bit cold (17 degrees).  We enjoyed not only a nice breakfast as we cruised along the first gorge, but the beautiful scenery.  Towering cliffs on both sides.  At the end of the first gorge we get off that boat and walk on a pathway to the second gorge where other boats are moored and then travel further, with more amazing scenery.  It is possible to do a longer trip and see a third gorge (there are 8 or more altogether).  There are some photos to follow.

Before we left the area after leaving the boat we climbed a pathway to see the view from up high above the first gorge.  Steep. That was also amazing and another angle on the whole area. We took some extra time to have a look at the visitors centre as well.  We had a short visit to an art gallery on the way back to Shady Lane Van Park (which is on the road to K Gorge). It was nice to have lunch back at our special spot in the park and a rest for a short while.

We did a town tour (our own) and saw the Art Gallery Collection at the Civic Centre, Low Level bridge, the Ghan standing in the railway station west of town (what a long train about 25 carriages) while the passengers were probably doing a tour, or cruise, checked out the hot springs where you can swim (we didn't this time), walked on the old railway bridge, had a walk along the main street, and had some coffee, then on to Knotts Crossing which was the first crossing of the Katherine River now destroyed by past floods shown below, before coming back to get some dinner ready.

We've only 2 days to travel now before we arrive at Kununurra and what is in store for us there.