Day 34 - Cooinda (Kakadu National Park) to Edith Falls (Nitmiluk National Park)
Pack up morning is our least favourite part of travel. It means we can't
enjoy a leisurely breakfast, and let's face it, I'm certainly not a morning
person. But the flip side is that by packing up and getting on the road, we
arrive at our destination early enough to enjoy the environment.
We left Cooinda at 9am this morning and travelled in Kakadu National Park
for at least another hour. When we passed the Mary River Roadhouse, we knew we
were out of the national park.
Another hour or so later we arrived at Pine Creek. Paul needed fuel so we
headed into the town centre, which was quite interesting. Pine Creek is a
historical town which has been well restored. Lots of old buildings, an old
train station (even though the train doesn't run anymore), memoribilia all over
town and in the parks - and a fantastically quaint pub. It was called the Lazy
Lizard and the handbasins in the ladies toilets were carved and hollowed out of
timber to form a lizard shape!
Less than an hour further down the road, we were back in the Nitmiluk
National Park. We say "back in" as we were here a couple of weeks ago
when we visited Katherine Gorge, at the other end of the park. This time, we
are visiting Edith Falls. We reached the campground and managed to again
acquire two sites kind of next to each other, with a lovely grassy area off to
the side.
After lunch, we headed down to the plunge pool at the base of the falls.
While not as spectacular as some of the falls we have seen recently, it was
very pleasant.
Lisa, Paul and Harrison swam all the way across to the waterfall
- in pretty chilly water. However, we were all determined to swim as we are
very conscious that we are heading south and this lovely warm weather we have
been enjoying for more than a month will soon be coming to an end. Kobi and I
swam out to meet them - while Greg relaxed on the grassy lawn!
We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon on our own patch of grass, followed by
chicken and cashew curry and the last of our ice creams. A lovely day.
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