Well that leg of the trip is over, after 4400km and 20 days. We arrived at 1pm and checked out a few of the backpackers. I checked into Chilli Backpackers for $170/w in a 12 bed dorm and managed to pick the only backpackers lacking a bar. Tomorrow I’ll start looking for a job and this time I think I’ll aim for an office job if I can get one.

We ended up spending 3 nights in Katherine, checking out Cutta Cutta Caves, Katherine Gorge and Edith Falls. Cutta Cutta caves had some spectacular formations inside, however it had suffered some damage at the hands of tourists and the army in the past.

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Katherine Gorge was amazing and it would have been worth spending a full day canoing along the river. We ended up hiking into the gorge and a bit of swimming.

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Edith falls was also a good spot for a swim, spending several hours there. I swam out to the falls and relaxed for a while.

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Today we visited Litchfield National Park, stopping at the Magnetic Termite Mounds and Florence Falls. Swiming at the falls was enjoyable although the fish tried to eat you. I’ll be visiting Litchfield again on the next leg of the trip as there is alot to discover out there.

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