Thursday morning, tourists everywhere and rightly so, a sea of indigenous people, with trolleys, on bikes, on skateboards coming towards us as we made our way into Woolworths. Riley held my hand ever so tightly, but the boys and Jamie and I were really excited to be surrounded by a scene so foreign to our life back in Carindale. We finally caught up with mum and dad and they showed us a great place to stay. Springvale Homestead, just out of Katherine. It was beautiful there, by the Katherine River, water lillies everywhere and a resident crocodile - "Elvis, lived just a few metres from us, but Riley said he could outrun him if need be. We went on walks, swam (in the pool), drank from waterfalls, caught a turtle in our net, looked at art/craft galleries and museums. We swam in the hot springs, but the highlight was our boat trip along the Katherine Gorge - so spectacular, remote and serene. We had many chats with John, a man camping next to us who had been everywhere and had so much useful information about everything really. Wallabies everywhere, blue faced honey eaters, muscovy ducks. Katherine was a hive of activity with groups of aboriginals just sitting everywhere doing what they do.! We really enjoyed our time here and we will return on our way back down the centre.
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