Katherine

31st July

We had a couple of nights in Katherine – mainly to stock up on supplies – as it is the first place in nearly 3 weeks that we have been to with ‘real’ shops.

But of course, you can’t come to Katherine and not see the gorge. We didn’t go down into the gorge, but did a nice hike (actually a pretty challenging and very hot 8.5km hike) up the escarpment and along to a great view of the first gorge. It was well worth the effort!!

We also went to a cool little family outback show that happened to be on the day we arrived. The owners of the Outback Experience in Katherine did some shows on horse breaking, farm animals and dog training. The kids got to help out with the dog training show.

 

There were also a couple of shows by a visting slap-stick Aussie duo called the Crack-up Sisters. They did some acrobatics, whip cracking and were actually quite hilarious

 

Katherine for us, was also about the little luxuries we take for granted. Let me tell you – we were like kids in a candy shop when we hit Woolworths yesterday. Fresh bread and meat and fruit and veges. Not only were they not frozen, but so cheap. For the past few weeks we have pretty much only been able to get frozen bread and have been paying around $6 on average per loaf. And only a couple of times have had the chance to buy fresh veg – and only then at very high prices.

And phone and Internet reception!! It’s actually not a bad thing being out of range a lot of the time, but definitely a convenience that we take for granted at home. We could have had phone reception a little bit over the past few weeks had we been with Telstra, but were struggling to get them to connect us – long story. We are with Telstra now, so should have a little more reception as we head off away from the city again tomorrow.