Thursday, September 2, 2010

Kununurra to Darwin – 1 to 2 September 2010

2010.09.01 at 08h02m09s Kununurra to Katherine2010.09.01 at 10h24m39s Gregory TreeFrom Kununurra we drove to Katherine,  leaving Western Australia after ten months of great travel and experiences. 

We passed the site on the Victoria River where the North Australian Expedition led by Augustus Charles  Gregory established their main base camp in October 1855, and spent the next eight months exploring the Victoria River Region as far as 500km south to the Great Sandy Desert.  He marked a Boab Tree with details, an early form of Facebook page for explorers!

2010.09.01 at 10h53m51s Victoria River

2010.09.01 at 12h54m16s Victoria River2010.09.01 at 12h54m53s Victoria River-2We stopped for lunch at the Victoria River Roadhouse, which proudly announced it was “Under New [Ownership] Wife.

We then drove on to the Low Level Park in Katherine, a nice park on the edge of a tiny National Park.  It has good amenities and is great spot for an overnight stop.  From Katherine we drove on to Darwin.

2010.09.02 at 08h47m16s Katherine - 10-09 NT

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