We enjoyed 3 days of rest and relaxation. Sandra has caught my cold so spent much of it around the caravan trying to recuperate. We visited and swam in both Mataranka Homestead Springs (Home of the Never Never) and Bitter Springs on Saturday. Bitter Springs was our favorite as was a very natural setting where you could float down the stream in the warm current. We took our snorkel gear and it was very beautiful under the water. Lots of small fish and some turtles.
Mataranka Springs is nice but more commercialized. We took a walk from there on the Sunday and found a place called Stephens Hole. You could jump in the creek and be carried down a small set of rapids to an area where you could get out. We had a blast even though Carol almost drowned. Apparently no one told her you need to close your mouth when you go under the water. The rest of us had a great laugh.
Monday morning we got up early and did a dawn swim at Bitter Springs. Beautiful! We went out to a campground in Elsey National Park to visit some friends and did an 8 KM walk to Mataranka Falls. It was a challenging walk as was quite warm and much of it was in loose sand which made for heavy going. We were quite buggered by the time we made it back to the cars. To top it all off the Mataranka Falls were maybe 2 feet high. It was a pretty location along the Roper River but not worth the effort it took to get there and back. Stephen and I enjoyed a swim at the swimming pool and a hamburger lunch at the caravan park dining room upon our return. Had a nice quiet relaxing afternoon and prepared for our trip to Katherine tomorrow morning.
your blog is better than a book,i can picture my self there.
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