Nitmiluk National Park Katherine

When I began planning this trip about a year ago I came across the website for Great Southern Rail and found out about the Ghan. Short for Afghan, this is the route that was taken by early Afghan camel riders straight up the very middle of Australia (and now Australia of all places has the worlds highest population of wild camels!) I have just …

... Gorge; so at 6:30am we crawled out of bed and made our way from Katherine town centre to the Nitmiluk National Park, otherwise known as Katherine Gorge. Arriving at the visitors centre we had a short walk to the riverside, where we spotted a couple ...

... that we didn't have to do any pesky washing up. Day 2 The highlight of the Katherine area is the gorge in Nitmiluk National Park; consisting of 13 natural gorges carved through sandstone by the Katherine River with rocks and boulders separating ...

... the Pine Creek Racecourse we have heard so many glowing reports it was hard to drive past. We passed through Katherine opting to continue out to Nitmiluk National Park and stay in the camp ground at the gorge itself.  We were so pleased that we did, ...

DALY WATERS TO NITMILUK NATIONAL PARK (KATHERINE GORGE) Today we arrived in Katherine for our stay at Nitmiluk National Park Camping Ground. Our campsite in the National Park was lovely, with abundant birdlife, wallabies galore and, most importantly for ...

... . By mid afternoon we were in Katherine, and upon the advice of the tourist office we decided to camp at the windy Nitmiluk National Park to avoid mosquitoes.  With a bit of time to spare, we checked out the mall which featured a Woolworth’s, ...

... licences keep the prices roughly double to what we have previously been paying.   We did intend to go canoeing in the Nitmiluk National park but it looks like we have chose a bad time to visit the North, as the canoeing is off until April as the ...

11/06/06: Arrived by The Ghan to Katherine, ready to explore Katherine Gorge & Nitmiluk National ...

... surrounds it will overrun it at any moment. Next day we really splashed out and took a helicopter trip over Katherine Gorge and Nitmiluk National Park. What a blast as we flew over all 13 Gorges and the escarpment spotting wildlife and admiring the ...

... nice.  We enjoyed that for a while and then headed into Katherine to get some supplies. Then we drove to Nitmiluk National Park which is where Katherine Gorge is.  We knew we could camp here but didnt expect a full on camp site with pool and ...

... belonged to a guy called Dr Fenton – the original flying Dr! We also found out about the 1998 Australia Day (January 26th) floods that engulfed Katherine, the river rose by 20.4m!!! Insane! Next we stopped off at Katherine Hot Springs which are ...