We left Katherine via the Saturday markets and took a detour to swim and walk at Edith Falls. A lovely spot to swim, camp and have morning tea at the cafe if you want to.
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| These buoys are inspected by Parks and Wildlife. Apparently, salt water crocs are inquisitive and will chomp on something bright to see if it's food. No bite marks is what you're hoping for at each inspection in swimming spots! |
90 km north of Katherine is the small town of Pine Creek, a relic from gold mining days. Its on the train line that runs from Darwin to Adelaide, and is near the bottom of the Darwin/Kakadu/Katherine triangle, so a popular town.
Population 300.
What does a town do with a racecourse that is no longer used? Make it available to off grid campers like us for $15 and hope they spend some money in the town as well. We spent three nights here at the racecourse.
On the way in, we stopped in town to fill up with water as we weren't sure if water would be available and potable. Bats! Wow!
We set up the van and had lunch.
And relaxed.
The racecourse and golf course have seen better days.
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| The tee at the 5th |
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| The back straight |
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| A few people here - that's us right in the middle. |
Happy hour drinks sees a good number of people get together, then dinner, watch the Wallbies win then bed.
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| Happy hour |
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| Beautiful sunrise every day. |
The next day we went into town. Had a look around - significant gold mining and railway relics - and had a cold latte/coke before relaxing back at Pussycat Flats Racecourse.
On to Robin Falls tomorrow.
Glad to see you are wearing colours that blend in!
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