Day 70 Pine Creek

To explore the other parts of the Kakadu National Park we were relocating to Pine Creek. On the way to Pine Creek we drove a little detour via the now closed Grove Hill Heritage Hotel, where by chance in this moment the Ghan train (travels 1x per week Darwin-Adelaide) drove by..

With all the tasks around organising food (forget about the local 'supermarket' in Pine Creek...) & petrol, there was only time for one walk on this day: Umbraware Gorge

On the way to Katherine, there is a 22 km detour via gravel road to the Umbraware Gorge, a croc-free swimming hole. On the way to the Gorge and near the Gorge were lots of little bushfires, but no road closures, so seems to normal around here. At the car park we were welcomed by many, many fruit flies flying (& annoying) around us the walk down to the gorge itself. At the gorge, there was almost no water left at the lower swimming pool and not too much water left at the main gorge. There was also a small sandy beach, but with all the flies around us, it was not relaxing at the beach. So after cooling down the feet in the cold water, we already walked back