Katherine Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Well we are finally in Northern Territory for the first time for all of us. We are amazed so far, so much prettier than we expected and so much to see! A little hard with a 3 year old to do much walking so we have to stick to the sightseeing which is near the car. We will wait another 5 or 10 years to do some hiking with the boys, I am sure they...

The Top End

20 August to 24 August

Darwin – Merl (Kakadu) – Pine Creek – Katherine – Victoria River – Timber Creek to the WA Border

1244 kms through the Top End

It was really hot in the Top End, so we were pleased to leave the NT before the "Build Up" when it can reach over 40 degrees bef...

I got up at 6:00 am today and packed my stuff. I caught a taxie to the the train station, which I must say, is not conveniently located to downtown. It is a 30 minute cab ride to get there! I arrived at the train station at about 8:45 am and redeemed my voucher for a Flexirail Pass and my tickets for the trip to Alice Springs. The Ghan is an old...

So we finally crossed into the Northern Territory, home of the places we are both most looking forward to (Kakadu, Litchfield, Nitmiluk...plus some huge rock down in the centre...). With our clocks now skipping forward 1.5 hours, we made the 500km trip to the Territory's third largest town, Katherine. Although the town itself isn't much to talk ...

From Kakadu we put in our first moderate drive, deciding to skip a couple of places we had been thinking about along the way and after a brief shop and check out of the town of Katherine we arrived in the Nitmiluk National Park (Katherine Gorge to the politically incorrect). In comparison to Kakadu it is very much more touristed, being viewed fr...

Just on the outskirts of this friendly cross-roads town a guy pulled over into the gravel to let us overtake but the shower of stones from his vehicle put 5 chips into the windscreen. Doh!

's Morgens worden we gewekt door Ernie de emu en enkele kalkoenen die hier vrij rondlopen. Super grote vogels en grote kangoeroes onderweg, een mooi begin van de dag. We lunchen vandaag in Daly Waters Pub, een klein cafeetje in een dorp met 5 (!) permanente inwoners. Hier mag iedereen iets persoonlijks achterlaten en aan de muur hangen. Een kapo...

On the road again!!! We left Darwin and start our trip down south to Alice Springs. We've got 3 days to do 1,600 kms... Our driver-guide is called Doc (because he looks like Doc in Back to the Future... he does and he's just as weird!) First stop Katherine....

hı there welcome to the start of our travelogue, forgıve us for any spellıng mıstakes and we wıll not be offended ıf you just look at he pıctures. I started from katherıne after a a very hard two solıd weeks of work after a long 5 nıghts at work ın a row but that only made my tıme off more enjoyable

Day 1 An early wake up call was necessary for our boat trip through Katherine 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 of wild roos searchi...