Nitmiluk at Eastertime

Happy Easter everyone! Yes, the Easter Bunny found our kids in Katherine and left some goodies near their beds. Although mum had to rapidly put them in the fridge to ensure they still resembled eggs and bunnies, and not a lump of chocolate!

We visited Katherine Gorge today, and for those that don't know (and I didn't prior to yesterday), you pronounce the National Park as "Nit-me-look". It means "place of the cicada" or something similar. We took the 2 hour cruise of 2 gorges starting at 9am. Thank god we chose that one, because it was so hot and muggy this morning.....I couldn't imagine what it would be like on the punts at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Yuk. I was a sweating mess by halfway through - as were most people!

The Katherine Gorge (or Nitmiluk Gorge as it should be known) is really beautiful, but there are limits to the kids attention spans and they were well and truly over looking at scenery and rocks by about 3/4's through. Which was fine, because the aforementioned weather was starting to get to me too. Our guide talked us through the areas we visited and it was really quite interesting. There is currently no swimming or canoeing in the river as the wet season has washed some salt water crocs into the system. Nasty buggers.

Jeda's Rock - this is the rock that featured in the film "Jeda"

A hot day for a small girl and her dad.....38 degrees and 70+% humidity

Back at the caravan park, we were all just hanging out for the pool and a bit of a relax. It is amazing how much the humidity takes it out of you.

I think that the word above me just sums it all up! Thanks Tom (the photographer!)

Tomorrow we push on further south for Three Ways (just north of Tennant Creek) so we can push into Queensland in preparation for a big surprise for Tom! Stay tuned for that one!!