News from Katherine

Just a very short update this time. We are in Katherine right now, a "bigger" town on our Outback route from Cairns to Darwin. From here we will continue our drive to the beautiful "Katherine Gorge" and then up to the "Kakadu National Park" - one of the most famous National Parks in Australia. Our route so far brought us from Cairns to the Undarra Lava Tubes (near Mt. Surprise), Georgetown, Karumba (at the Gulf of Carpentaria), Lawn Hill National Park (wonderful and very remote), Tennant Creek, the "Devils Marbles" (which was the deepest we got into the Outback so far), then back up to Daly Waters, where we spent the last night, and up to Katherine today. Everything went absolutely smooth up to now and our 4WD Campervan is just perfect for the route we have chosen. We had a few gravel-roads, some rougher tracks and even a few river-crossings, but the bigger highways are usually sealed, so you can travel at an comfortable speed of approximately 120km/h on these.
During the last days we saw crocodiles, saved a turtles life, went canoeing in the beautiful gorge of Lawn Hill National Park, ate the most perfect fish and chips (Barramundi) and saw lots and lots of impressive landscapes. More about all that from Darwin, where we will be in 3-4 days.