23
Sep - 6 Oct 2000 Campervaning in Northern
Territory, Australia (Part 2)
Katherine National
Park
Edith
Falls (28 Sep) The scenery
at Edith Falls was breathtaking. I prefer the Upper to the Lower Fall.
It's a breeze
getting around when I'd Mummy and Daddy as my porters
We hiked
to the Upper Edith Fall in the unbelievable heat of 45 deg C. I fell asleep
when being portered. The Upper Fall was gorgeous and we had a refreshing
swim in the pool, and scrambled around the rocks
Cutta
Cutta Cave (29 Sep)
It's my first
caving experince. I love the tunnelling about and the sparkling limestones
Burnt
Fingers! (28 Sep) Sob, sob.
I burnt my fingers during dinner time at the Lower Level Caravan Park.
Now I realise never to touch the top of a lit gas lamp. After an hour of
marathon crying, Daddy and Mummy brought me to the Katherine Hospital for
finger dressing. It's my first lesson on the concept of TEMPERATURE
Nitmiluk
(Katherine Gorge) National Park (30 Sep) We went on
a 2.6km hike in the Katherine Gorge. The rocks have rounded and smoothened
pebbles embedded in them signifying this place was once submerged underwater
We'd
wanted to explore the gorge system on canoes but the canoe hire here discriminated
against babies like me. So we went on a cruise to get a close-up experience
of the gorges instead. We visited the first two gorges which were magnificent,
especially to addicted rock climbers like us
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