Katherine and Tennant Creek

Edith Falls

The 300klms drive from Darwin to Katherine went smoothly on Saturday. We took time to call into Katherine NP and see Edith Falls. As we had been to the Katherine Gorge before, we were pleased to see another part of this lovely area. The Falls are 20klms off the Stuart Highway; they are an oasis in the dry. Not high like lots of beautiful falls can be but the surrounding area is lovely. John and I had sandwiches in the car park, took a few photos and moved on to Katherine, 60 klms away.

 

 

The Shady Lane CP is about $39 per night, a nice tidy park the closest one to the Gorge; we had been there in 2007.

 

We saw a jabiru on the side of the road, and guinea fowl in the park. We missed getting a photo of the jabiru; however I had some good ones from a previous trip.

 

Guinea Fowl

We left Katherine on Sunday after breakfast for Dunmarra roadhouse. Along the way I saw a dozen or so small black wild pigs running in the undergrowth. Sadly, we saw a caravan accident, the caravan overturned, but the car pulling it seemed upright. We didn’t have to stop as the road was open and police were in attendance.

 

We were at Dunmarra Roadhouse at lunchtime. It was hot and our air con wasn’t working in the "house”. The car air con is fine. The nights are cooler now were going south. We had a relaxing afternoon with no mobile or internet reception. Luckily, we had two tv channels. In the afternoon,I managed to do some reading outside.

 

Sunset at Dunmarra Roadhouse

Leaving the park this morning we saw a huge eagle on the side of the road. Another missed photo opportunity!  Later we found a smaller eagle in a tree that I photographed.

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Wedged Tail Eagle

We arrived in Tennant Creek and booked into the Outback CP. Before we hooked up we took a short drive to Mary Ann Dam and had some lunch.

Stuart Highway

 

Tomorrow we move on to another roadhouse for the night.

The trip from Darwin to Port Augusta in South Australia will take us about ten days of solid travel.

 

August 12th