Katherine to Darwin

The Ghan Kathrine

Time is flying and we have now traveled from the most Southerly point to the Most Northerly point in Australia and some 11000+ kilometers.

We are in Darwin and intend to stay a while, anyway better fill you in as to what we have done since leaving Katherine.

The stay in Katherine was longer than anticipated as my foot still hadn't healed, test result on the Sunday where inconclusive and back on the antibiotics, but it did not stop us from doing things, which wasn't very much.

Had a surprise call from Kim and Ray Cook who ended up staying in the same CP, thus on Friday we spend most of the day and night chatting and enjoyed a dinner together, it was nice to catch up.

Saturday, Sunday we did very little so it was great to see Monday, and to get on the road again, another supprise a call from Errol and Lyn whom we had met at the Daly Waters pub and again at Mataranka they indicated that they where also on the move and we ended up traveling togheter and still are.

Our first stop, a whole 70 Kl down the road Edith Falls and spent 2 nights there what a great place to stay, a walk to the falls and a swim, with me doing the full length to the fall it self 150 mtrs and sat underneath it.

After a nice evening the next day we walked up to the upper pool called the Lelyn falls some 3.4 Kl great views constantly, a top spot for swimming and just paddeling in the pool, Errol and I climbed the next level of the Upper pool and how serene this was and deep.

Wednesday saw us heading into Kakadu and travelled as far as Mardugal Camp site just before Cooinda just after lunch took a drive to Cooinda and walked the wetlands after inviting ourselves into the pool at the resort Our private pool at Cooinda resort, Kakadu (ha,ha)

We stayed to see the Sunset, pretty impresive, back to the camp site and dinner next to a nice camp fire as it got cold 24 degrees Brrrrrr.

Left early on Thursday visited Jabaru after walking the Mirrai Lookout, pretty tough uphill climb with views of Arnhem Land, called the girls just to rub it in.

Jabaru next stop at the bakery and onto our next camp 45k away at Ubirr (camp Merl), after setting up went for a look around and drove accross the East Alligator River into Arnhem land as this place is off limits to us whities and you need a permit, we only went approx 5km inwards,how beautifull/spectacular this place is and you get the feeling that thier spirits are there.

Back across the border, Icecream at the Border Store and then a track up to the Ubirr look out for Sunset accros Arnhem Land, absolutely thrilling it was, back to camp and by this time the mossies appeared maybe to punish us for intruding on sacred land.

Friday morning headed for a Free camp at the Widows on the Wetlands visited the Fogg Dam were unable to walk the dam due to a large crocidile in the vercinity, so we drove Caravan and all, lucky there was a turn around at the end, that night we where still being punished by the mossies.

Saturday morning off early 5.45 am as we needed to be early to get a place at the CP we wanted to go to, thus arrived in Darwin at 6.30 am with us getting a spot at the Malak CP close to town.

Saturday we did the mundain things washing etc Sunday shopping and then the Night Market with Sunset thrown in and some nice tasty food to top of the night.

I end here untill next time.

S&B