Katherine

After only a short drive into the NT, we reached Katherine. Rather than staying in town (which is a pretty awful town), we headed straight out to Katherine Gorge (30km out of Katherine itself) to camp there. The camp ground was quite nice, with a pool and plenty of shade. It was also a bonus being so close to the beautiful Gorge (yes, another Gorge!!!).

The highlight of our stay here was catching the tour boat down the main Gorge to a beautiful swimming hole, and then hiking back to the camp park. While we left this until late in the afternoon, the walk was still harder and hotter than expected despite being spectacular. As you'll see below, the swimming hole was amazing.

Also memorable here were the snakes. We saw tree snakes up in the trees, and a really huge (non venomous) python that slowly made its way around the camp park.
Photos below are -
1: crossing the border into NT
2-5: on the boat through Katherine Gorge
6: the beautiful swimming hole
7: the hot walk back
8: looking down on the Gorge at dusk
9: the friendly python at the Katherine campground