Katherine Gorge

Alors apres Litchfield, on a fait une petite pause dans un endroit incroyable, Douglas Hot Spring. Hot spring est un endroit ou de l'eau tres chaude sort de la terre. Mais quand je dis tres chaud, ca peut etre brulant, celui la par exemple, des la sortie je pense que l'eau est a 60degres (non je ne suis pas folle...). Il y a des panneaux qui te disent de faire attention avant de rentrer dans l'eau, non pas a cause des crocodiles, comme on voyait partout, mais parce que l'eau peut te bruler.. On a pas pu rentrer dedans au debut de la riviere, mais un peu plus loin, une autre riviere, froide celle-ci, rencontre la chaude et donc tu peux te baigner. C'est quand meme bizarre tu as des courants brulant qui arrivent et juste apres un glace. Mais c'est quand meme tres agreable et magnifique.
After Litchfield NP we made a little detour off the highway to Douglas Hot Springs. There is a thermal spring there that comes out of the ground at around 60 degrees. It then flows for a few hundred meters and joins a small arm of the river. So here, where the very hot water meets the cool river is a wonderful spot for a swim. you can cool down from the hot sun or move a few meters upstream to the rather warm water. But if you venture too far up stream you'll burn yourself, so caution is required. It was a nice change from Kakadu, Litchfield and Katherine, where all the signs at swimming areas state that there are crocodiles that inhabit these waters, we finally have a sign that says "Caution, water can be very HOT". So from being eaten alive by crocs to cooking yourself in hot water, you can't win in the Northern Territory.

Ensuite direction Katherine Gorge, et chose incroyable, on a loue un canoe pour la journee afin de visiter les gorges tranquillement. Et oui, j'ai fais du canoe!!! C'etait pas la partie la plus facile surtout quand les gorges sont remplis de crocodiles.... Des "Freshis", se sont des crocodiles plus petits et qui ne s'attaquent normalement pas a l'homme, mais quand on se retrouve a trois metres d'un, on a quand meme peur. Pas de photo desole de croco, j'avais pas envie de rester trop longtemps en face. Mais sinon les gorges sont splendides et on a passe une magnifique journee.

We hired a Canoe in Katherine Gorge for the day. Very peacful morning. It wasn't too hot thankfully and we were on the water, so if you made a comment about being a little warm, there was someone there to give you a friendly splash. There are Fresh water crocs in the Gorge and they bait, trap and remove all the Salt water crocs to make it canoe safe. So if you feel comfortable enough you can swim there, it's said. Not attempted by either of us. But we did get a few meters away from one Freshie, he was about 2m long. AWESOME. (no photo sorry) but it was a good workout for the arms, but a very enjoyable day.