We took a cruise on the Katherine River Gorge. We passed through impressive cliffs, past crocodile nesting beaches and saw lots of birds. Gliding over the peaceful waters of the river, it was hard to imagine that in 1998 during the wet season, the waters rose over 20 meters and Katherine was flooded. Seeing the picture of that catastrophe, we were left pretty impressed by the mights of nature...and we realised how lucky we are in Luxembourg...no cyclones, no real big floods, no bush fires, no tornadoes, no earthquakes, no draughts...so we shouldn't complain. This feeling was underlined by the fact that we went to see "2012" at the cinema. A good film for entertainment...that's about it :)
In Katherine we could also observe the misery a large number of aboriginal people endure in such outback towns. They wander around aimlessly, drunk, sitting under trees...it was really sad seeing this...
We left Katherine after 3 nights and west on the Victoria Highway towards Timber Creek. Lots of sand, bushes, dead Kangaroos, and road trains. When we arrived in Timber Creek, we decided to stay only for on night...because there is nothing there :) And all the National Parks have closed for the wet season. Nevertheless, our accommodation was nice and spacious.
The next day we left Northern Territory for Kununurra in Western Australia...
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