Cruised the famous Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge today, which is a spectacular place. Must try to come in the wet season next time, though, for comparison; must be awesome to see an enormous volume of water pouring through it. Saw plenty of freshwater crocs but hardly any birds, although just as we neared the end a White-bellied Sea-Eagle did some loops just over our heads, really large and close; so the capture of another lifer was icing on the cake. Also saw and ...

Another pearler of a day today. Three highlights: firstly, got some more avian lifers, the Red-winged Parrot and the Great Bowerbird; thirdly, we’re in a great caravan park at Katherine surrounded by palms and we’re booked on a river cruise tomorrow; and secondly, we loved swimming in the thermal pool at Mataranka. The pool is formed by a tiny weir across a small creek fed by a natural spring. The creek has a sandy bottom so the pool is a beautiful blue colo...