Having just finished the Katherine Gorges and Kakadu trip from Alice Springs to Darwin I’m glad that this trip’s itinerary is packed with stunning swimming spots, as it has started to get pretty warm up here.
Leaving the flattened Alice Springs, which had been hit by 160 km winds two days previously, we took off up the Stuart Highway. Stretching away from the wide open plains of the desert with their cold nights and made our way into the steamy tropics where at the end of most rides we were welcomed with some of natures most beautiful swimming pools. A real incentive as the thermometer rose into the 30’s.
Taking a day off riding half way along, we beat the heat by going for a walk over the Nitmiluk National Park escarpment country and swim in the Katherine River in the morning. Then followed this with a twogorge canoe trip up the river.
Amazing sunsets are as much a part of the top end as the plunge pools. This photo is the perfect example taken from the Yellow Waters Billabong Cruise in Kakadu. The sun setting over the wetlands through a cloud of rising smoke while a huge salt water crocodile swims into view. As the ad says, you’ll never know if you you never never go.
Leaving the flattened Alice Springs, which had been hit by 160 km winds two days previously, we took off up the Stuart Highway. Stretching away from the wide open plains of the desert with their cold nights and made our way into the steamy tropics where at the end of most rides we were welcomed with some of natures most beautiful swimming pools. A real incentive as the thermometer rose into the 30’s.
Taking a day off riding half way along, we beat the heat by going for a walk over the Nitmiluk National Park escarpment country and swim in the Katherine River in the morning. Then followed this with a twogorge canoe trip up the river.
Amazing sunsets are as much a part of the top end as the plunge pools. This photo is the perfect example taken from the Yellow Waters Billabong Cruise in Kakadu. The sun setting over the wetlands through a cloud of rising smoke while a huge salt water crocodile swims into view. As the ad says, you’ll never know if you you never never go.
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