Well it was a late start this morning with bacon and eggs. Thanks Graham for the portable cooker, it makes things easy and I don't have to pull everything out. Anyway after we decided to get going we headed off towards Katherine. It's amazing to see the whole of Daly Waters camp area depart before 0900am. We stopped and talked to the guy (Steve) who organises the parking of the vans on their arrival. He comes to Daly waters for the peak season and heads back to Orford Tasmania and a pretty interesting guy.
As we were driving into Larrimah we stopped off to check out the Pink panther pub. It's a strange place with a zoo that actually does not have a lot in it. The main things they had caged up were birds, a wallaby and a small croc. Gabriella said anything that's old and falling apart is a tourist attraction. She said put some beer behind a bar, call it a historic site and they will come. Well they come alright, the hoards of visitors through these places is amazing. Oh, they make heaps.
How would you like to have one of these babies sitting in the pool room. I haven't seen the originals yet and I'm not sure if they still make the Darwin stubbies anymore. Will have to pick a six pack if they still have them.
We continued onto Mataranka and headed over to the springs. Mataranka township was interesting with a lot of the locals congregating in the park area. This seems to be a regular thing in most towns. As we drove down the road to the springs we stopped to look at the termite mounds which adorn the roadside pretty much all the way along the Stuart Hwy. This was designed by a structural termite engineer with a background in architecture. As you can see they built this with the support of the gate rails.
As you can see I couldn't resist getting into the hot springs. Unfortunately the weather was about 22deg and overcast. Fortunately the water was warm, it seemed everyone was enjoying their visit until they had to get out, because it was cool and as I didn't take a towel I was colder. Didn't take me long to get back to the van and change. We didn't stay long due to the weather and we wanted to see some of the other hot springs in the area.
Well I didn't take any other photos on the way as it was only about 60ks up the road to Katherine. We were going to head out to the Katherine gorge but it was getting late. The next thing was to head to the camping and fishing shop, didn't need anything but it was there and I'm a bloke. Yep, couldn't help giving the guys a call (Deano, Katy) and let them know how much fun we're having. I did find some fishing gear that I just had to have. As you can see I had to go and use it. We headed down to the Katherine river and fished the lower level for about 2 hours. Yep no fish, but they are coming, I just have to keep trying. As you can see by the photos I'm wearing shorts, you ask why, because it's warmmmmmmm up here. I think they make me look slimmer as well. What do you think?
Well it was a late start this morning with bacon and eggs. Thanks Graham for the portable cooker, it makes things easy and I don't have to pull everything out. Anyway after we decided to get going we headed off towards Katherine. It's amazing to see the whole of Daly Waters camp area depart before 0900am. We stopped and talked to the guy (Steve) who organises the parking of the vans on their arrival. He comes to Daly waters for the peak season and heads back to Orford Tasmania and a pretty interesting guy.
As we were driving into Larrimah we stopped off to check out the Pink panther pub. It's a strange place with a zoo that actually does not have a lot in it. The main things they had caged up were birds, a wallaby and a small croc. Gabriella said anything that's old and falling apart is a tourist attraction. She said put some beer behind a bar, call it a historic site and they will come. Well they come alright, the hoards of visitors through these places is amazing. Oh, they make heaps.
How would you like to have one of these babies sitting in the pool room. I haven't seen the originals yet and I'm not sure if they still make the Darwin stubbies anymore. Will have to pick a six pack if they still have them.
We continued onto Mataranka and headed over to the springs. Mataranka township was interesting with a lot of the locals congregating in the park area. This seems to be a regular thing in most towns. As we drove down the road to the springs we stopped to look at the termite mounds which adorn the roadside pretty much all the way along the Stuart Hwy. This was designed by a structural termite engineer with a background in architecture. As you can see they built this with the support of the gate rails. 
As you can see I couldn't resist getting into the hot springs. Unfortunately the weather was about 22deg and overcast. Fortunately the water was warm, it seemed everyone was enjoying their visit until they had to get out, because it was cool and as I didn't take a towel I was colder. Didn't take me long to get back to the van and change. We didn't stay long due to the weather and we wanted to see some of the other hot springs in the area.
Well I didn't take any other photos on the way as it was only about 60ks up the road to Katherine. We were going to head out to the Katherine gorge but it was getting late. The next thing was to head to the camping and fishing shop, didn't need anything but it was there and I'm a bloke. Yep, couldn't help giving the guys a call (Deano, Katy) and let them know how much fun we're having. I did find some fishing gear that I just had to have. As you can see I had to go and use it. We headed down to the Katherine river and fished the lower level for about 2 hours. Yep no fish, but they are coming, I just have to keep trying. As you can see by the photos I'm wearing shorts, you ask why, because it's warmmmmmmm up here. I think they make me look slimmer as well. What do you think?
just passed the marbles..amazing place
ReplyDeleteAh! Timmy's still 5 fish in front, you better get a move on or he's gonna give you heaps. The hot springs look nice what a shame it turned cold. mmmmmmmmmmm not sure if your if the shorts that make you look slimmer or your holding it all in LOL. Love the pink panther Gabriella and as for the Darwin Stubbie not sure that you could carry a six pack in one hand, good luck. Now the Bark hut that Tim built was on the Mary River probably not standing today and nothing like the new Bark Hut.
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