Billed as "Where the Outback Meets the Tropics" in Northern Territory, AU is the small town of Katherine. About 90 miles from the Pine Goldfields and at the mouth of the Katherine River.
Like Darwin, Katherine is subject to the dry (hot) season and the wet (monsoon) season. It has been the site of intense flooding at times...the last of which was in 2006. Katherine's population stays at just over 6,000, and the temperature at 81 degrees.
Things for us to (virtually) explore in Katherine
include:
(so let's go!)
Katherine Hot Springs.
Crystal clear water and bathwater warm...a natural thermal spring.
Video of Katherine Hot
Springs
https://youtu.be/sC8DvLgLr44
The Katherine Museum
Tour
https://youtu.be/zlxrD2JC4bo
The Museum preserves the lives, culture and history of the Northern Territory. Including its art.
https://youtu.be/Ot0ZiAc0JjI
and Nitmiluk National Park
A series of gorges on and around the Katherine River and Edith Falls. The name means place of the cicada dreaming.
Freshwater crocs inhabit these waters year 'round.
Rangers routinely remove them and release them elsewhere...but, although many tourists "take their chances" and swim here. You won't catch the locals in these waters.
Gorge Tour
https://youtu.be/4jFYEmBUECo
and Sunset over the Katherine River .
And our virtual Australian Adventures are soon to come to an end...as our final destination will be next week at Uluru (Ayres Rock)
and trying Grilled Emu with Yellowtail Wine.
See you there!
