It got quite cool overnight and there was a lot dew on the awnings and tents in the morning. We let them dry out a bit before packing up and heading north to Butterfly Springs. The camping ground here was much busier than where we stayed the previous night so it was good that we didn’t continue. I was very disappointed wth Butterfly Springs as I didn’t see a single butterfly. :( It was however quite scenic but a little chilly for swimming.
Then it was onto the ranger’s station to see if we could get the key to visit the Western Lost City, unfortunately no rangers around so I’ll have to save that for my next trip up this way. We kept heading north and went to look at the mouth of the Roper River where we had a bit of lunch before heading back into Roper Bar where the others refuelled their cars while I had a Magnum for afternoon tea.
We then continued onto to Mataranka where we checked into a caravan park with some nice hot showers and had a quite nice Barra and chips for dinner.
The next day we had a leisurely pack up before heading north towards Katherine, on the way we dropped into Cutta Cutta caves and took a tour.
Then it was on to Katherine for lunch and a restock at the supermarket before heading on a short drive out to the Gorge for a quick look. We picked up some brochures to have a look at, as we were going to stop in for a cruise on the way home. We had decided to head to Edith Falls to camp the night and we were lucky to get the last couple of spots as the place was full of Bloody caravans. After setting up camp we headed off for a loop walk to the Upper Falls which after a bit of a climb provided a great place for a cooling and relaxing swim.
A pleasant walk back down the hill to camp site almost tempted us to have another swim but we settled for going back to camp and having a hot shower before dinner and a few drinks sitting around discussing the plans for the next day.
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