Katherine (By:Mariah)
I will try to keep this blog a little shorter than most of my huge ones : )
Heading further south of Kakadu, we came across a fairly large town, compared to the rest of the Northern Territory; Katherine. We spent a total of 3 nights there. It was really different from anywhere else I have ever been, due to the people that lived there; Aborigonals. It appeared that there are so many of them there because most of them are on the streets, and many were in 'tough situations' (that's my Dad's politically correct statement). I was scared at times. That stopped me from doing some of my running training in Katherine : )
The best and most memorable event that we did in Katherine was a kayak/canoe through the
Katherine Gorge. It was very hot that day and we all got badly sunburnt because of the sun reflecting on the water. There are 5 Gorges in the Katherine Gorge, and we did the first 2. The only way you could get to the rest, was to stay over night and kayak all day long for 2 days. We were hoping to do that at first untill we found out about the low water level, and having to carry your boat for 800 meters. So we ended up doing a full day one. The first gorge was 3600 meters long, and the second, 2800- .
We had three kayaks for the day, 2 doubles and a single. I was with mum, dad with Jake, leaving Kyle lonered.
The gorge was just gorgeous, except one thing, well animal, CROCODILES! It was Croc nesting season. Most of the nice swimming areas were closed due to a nest there. There was only really 3 areas that we came across to swim at. At the end of both gorges and in the middle of the 2nd one. We had lunch and spent a fair bit of time at the beachy spot in the middle of the 2nd gorge. We ate lunch there, climbed on some rocks, swam in the perfect temperatured water, and thankfully didnt get eaten by any crocs. There was always the thought in the back of our minds (well front of my mind) of crocs when we were out and about in the water.
Other than those crocodiles the Katherine Gorge was just spectacular.
Cheers and see you soon,
~Mariah~
PS to Aunty Liz...Yes, my folks are feeding me!
Heading further south of Kakadu, we came across a fairly large town, compared to the rest of the Northern Territory; Katherine. We spent a total of 3 nights there. It was really different from anywhere else I have ever been, due to the people that lived there; Aborigonals. It appeared that there are so many of them there because most of them are on the streets, and many were in 'tough situations' (that's my Dad's politically correct statement). I was scared at times. That stopped me from doing some of my running training in Katherine : )The best and most memorable event that we did in Katherine was a kayak/canoe through the
Katherine Gorge. It was very hot that day and we all got badly sunburnt because of the sun reflecting on the water. There are 5 Gorges in the Katherine Gorge, and we did the first 2. The only way you could get to the rest, was to stay over night and kayak all day long for 2 days. We were hoping to do that at first untill we found out about the low water level, and having to carry your boat for 800 meters. So we ended up doing a full day one. The first gorge was 3600 meters long, and the second, 2800- .We had three kayaks for the day, 2 doubles and a single. I was with mum, dad with Jake, leaving Kyle lonered.The gorge was just gorgeous, except one thing, well animal, CROCODILES! It was Croc nesting season. Most of the nice swimming areas were closed due to a nest there. There was only really 3 areas that we came across to swim at. At the end of both gorges and in the middle of the 2nd one. We had lunch and spent a fair bit of time at the beachy spot in the middle of the 2nd gorge. We ate lunch there, climbed on some rocks, swam in the perfect temperatured water, and thankfully didnt get eaten by any crocs. There was always the thought in the back of our minds (well front of my mind) of crocs when we were out and about in the water.
Other than those crocodiles the Katherine Gorge was just spectacular.
Cheers and see you soon,
~Mariah~
PS to Aunty Liz...Yes, my folks are feeding me!
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