Day 14 - Blogabond

The next day we sought out the Katherine River. This time we had John, Kerstin, Melinda, her aunt (same age), Kevin and Ann Marie with us. We lost the road several times and it seemed as though we drove in circles for quite a bit, but we eventually found our way there -- a peaceful little river but nothing special, and quite silty to swim in.

We returned back to camp for a major stew feast attended by at least twenty-five of the local aboriginals -- kids everywhere, and seeing them get out of the truck was like a circus act. They seemed to enjoy themselves (good food is apparently hard to come by for them) but left early as we had a long day to come.

(Notes: homestead; flat tire)

written by

shoshtrvls on April 15, 1990 from Darwin, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

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