Day 27 - 25 June - Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk) to Katherine - 30 km

Up late, because we had nowhere to go and so decided to do one of the many walks.

Before we went this kangaroo wanted to have a chat.

We walked to Pat's Lookout, 3 or 4 km from the campsite.  A short but tough walk going over rocks and often walking over rocks like in a creek bed, but what spectacular views.  Well worth the walk.

Headed back and had a relaxing breakfast of poached eggs, smoked salmon and Hollandaise sauce on sourdough on the Visitors Centre deck overlooking the river and about a thousand bats.

Finished breakfast and went back to the campsite, packed up and rode the 30 km back to town.  Into the wind at first, but after awhile the road changed direction and we had a quick trip back to town. Headed back to the quirky backpackers Coco's we stayed at last time.


Ran into a woman. Nickki who was interested in our ride because she had done something similar about 14 years ago.  In fact she wrote a book about it.  More recently she has been running a program at one of the Aboriginal settlements teaching them how to repair and maintain bikes.

We went for a swim down at the Katherine Hot Springs (should be called Luke Warm Springs)  they are pretty good, but do not compare to  our swim at Bitter Springs.

We had tea with Nikki while she picked our brains about the outback riding we had done and attempted to update her book with our info.  We cooked a great feed of BBQ Shapes (not much cooking required) Flat head fillets, Barramundi steaks, salad followed by fruit for dessert.  Great.