After leaving Mary River Roadhouse we travelled onto Katherine and were confronted with no vacancy signs everywhere. Our plans of staying at low level crossing camping ground were foiled as there were no sites available. After searching around a bit we found Mercure Four Seasons and scored a powered site with ensuite for $29 per night. It was awfully luxurious to have our own ensuite.
Our time in Katherine was mostly spent catching up with the mundane things like school work, washing and shopping. The children enjoyed having a network of paved roads around the camping ground to ride on with their scooters.
On the night of the 5 July, we met Steve's parents, Pat and Eric at Kumbidgee Tea Rooms on Gorge Road, Katehrine. Here we enjoyed a buffet dinner. It offered picturesque outdoor dining over looking a duck pond. The atmosphere was very relaxed and and great for families with kids. At only $14 per adult and $7 per child for all you could eat it was great value. It was also BYO.
| Low level crossing |
On the 6 July, Steve's parents left Katherine and we farewelled them after a lunch at low level. We had a swim at the hotsprings, they were warm, but not hot. It was a bit cool getting out.
| Katherine Hot Springs |
We ended up spending an extra night, which meant we could rip some CD's send a group email, and get some more shopping and school work done. I made the diary observation that the promise of minities works wonders to get the kids doing their school work-amazing.
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| Flora River reserve |
On the 8th we packed up camp and moved onto Flora River Reserve, where we had an explore and ate lunch. We decided that we didn't like it enough to camp there, so moved onto Gregory NP (east). Here we set up camp for the night at Sullivan's Creek Campsite. It was not far off the road, but still was quite a nice spot.
