Janet and Peter On Tour: Life by the water

7.08.2014...Fathers Day
I write this sitting in the shade of our canopy surrounded by trees and palms and listening to birds and our own personal waterfall. Life's good :). We are at a place called Robin Falls about 12 kms from Adelaide River. There is a walk up to the top falls which we will do tomorrow but I'll catch you up on our adventures since I last posted...we stayed at Mataranka for three days. While there we swam in the hot springs both at Bitter Springs and Mataranka, visited the house and viewed the costumes that were used in the movie "we of the never never". One night we downloaded and watched the movie. We met three lovely ladies who were travelling together but each had there own motor home. They told us about Robin Falls where we are now. We also met a couple from Young in NSW they were also having a "Gap Year" like us. After Mataranka we travelled 90 k's up the road to Katherine. SHOPS!!! Our first big grocery shop since Alice Springs. After a couple of hours of retail magic and filling up with Fuel and water, we headed off to our stay for the night which on Wiki Camps was called "bush camp". Well....it was a little winding uphill and downhill track close to the edge of a gully. Of course, there was no where to turn around so we kept going...until the road had washed away. Good ol' Pete and our wonderful little van managed to do a 10+ point turn and get us back on the track. We pulled off the little track and Peter did some "gardening" to make our space bigger and we had a great camp site for the night! The sunset was wonderful and Kangaroos can hop very fast up and down hills, we observed.
In the morning we went to Nitmiluk National Park (Katherine Gorge) and did one of the walks to the top of the Gorge. Bats were hanging in the trees, people were canoeing along the Katherine River, the scenery was magic. Edith Falls was next, where we stayed for two nights, on the other side of the National Park. We swam in the bottom pool - which you could have sailed a cruise liner on - and did the walk to the top falls and swam there too. The water is crystal clear and freezing cold at first but once in, it's beautiful. While there, bushfires were happening around us. The fires were a fair way off but the smoke was quite thick and they were talking about closing the National Park. We headed off to clearer air and stopped at Pine Creek to look at the Markets there. We ended up having a good look around the historic and interesting town and got to Robin Falls later that afternoon.

10.09.2014
Steve was with us!!! We were able to talk to him while he was in Katherine and told him where we were. He rocked up about 4pm on Monday and it's been great to catch up! We have spent a wonderful two days talking about our travels, looking at photos and taking dips in the river. He headed off this morning to Kakadu. Safe travels Steve, it was great to see you. xx

Peter and I will probably stay here for another day or two before heading off to Litchfield National Park.

11.09.2014
We decided to set off to Litchfield this morning because we were getting way to comfortable and the van (and ourselves) were in great need of a clean up. I spent a bit of a marathon on downloading photos and doing the blog yesterday afternoon using the cars inverter for power...so, this morning the car wouldn't start! Thankfully the caravan battery gave enough kick to get the car started - lesson learnt! Tonight we are in a caravan park and we've spent the day doing the washing and getting rid of the dust and dirt. The Caravan Park has a pool so we had a dip too. The inside of the van is now sparkling but the bats have had a field day on the outside - that will have to wait.