Katherine Gorge
Nitmiluk is the Aboriginal name for Katherine Gorge and gets its
name from the cicadas.
We chose to go on a 2 hour
cruise, which leaves from this very modern air conditioned outpost on the
Walking to the boat ramp you
are confronted by a bat colony in the forest of gum trees. Thousands
of them and very noisey.
Down the
Katherine River towards the Gorge.
There are 13 gorges in the
series.
Jim Jim-
the water pandanus along the shore line.
The rocky cliffs of the escarpment
as you enter the gorge.
Cabbage palms grow where they
can find a bit of soil amongst all the rock.
As the boat continues down
the river, the Nitmiluk speaks for itself….
Aboriginal paintings
very high up on the rock. 
No one seems to know how they got there.
Canoeists travel up the
river, which is safe as there are no salt water crocs.
This would seem an ideal way
to spend a whole day exploring the series of gorges.
But even in the big sky
country time is the enemy.