KATHERINE GORGE
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Our trip along the gorge was late afternoon & it became quite cool within the confines of the gorge.
GUIDED TOUR
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We normally prefer to do our own thing & explore in the tinny, but the local tribe know runs the show here & we were not permitted to use our own boat; anyway it was nice to kick back & let someone else do all the work. Our guide was great, very informative & truly proud of his land.
MATARANKA
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After leaving Katherine we moved south to Mataranka. In this part of the world there are many naturally occurring hot springs that rise up after travelling for sometimes several hundred kilometres through the limestone beneath. It might not look like it from above, but below the water is crystal clear & 32 degrees Celsius. The spring fed water runs into this creek at a rate of 320 million litres per day.
We plunged into the waters & floated downstream looking through our goggles into a very strange world. It is like you filled up the room you are sitting in.
ELSEY NP
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ELSEY HOT SPRINGS
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This pool was crafted by soldiers in WW2. There is a naturally occurring stream that at this point has been widened to provide a place where the officers were able to cool off after a days work. Again it is crystal clear & 32 degrees Celsius.
Our trip along the gorge was late afternoon & it became quite cool within the confines of the gorge.
GUIDED TOUR
We normally prefer to do our own thing & explore in the tinny, but the local tribe know runs the show here & we were not permitted to use our own boat; anyway it was nice to kick back & let someone else do all the work. Our guide was great, very informative & truly proud of his land.
MATARANKA
After leaving Katherine we moved south to Mataranka. In this part of the world there are many naturally occurring hot springs that rise up after travelling for sometimes several hundred kilometres through the limestone beneath. It might not look like it from above, but below the water is crystal clear & 32 degrees Celsius. The spring fed water runs into this creek at a rate of 320 million litres per day.
We plunged into the waters & floated downstream looking through our goggles into a very strange world. It is like you filled up the room you are sitting in.
ELSEY NP
ELSEY HOT SPRINGS
This pool was crafted by soldiers in WW2. There is a naturally occurring stream that at this point has been widened to provide a place where the officers were able to cool off after a days work. Again it is crystal clear & 32 degrees Celsius.
