I have only been down to Katherine Gorge once, it was in January so we couldn’t swim. We also stayed a resort so I am far from an expert… this is reserved for future use
Category Archives: TRAILS – Camping & The Outdoors
Edith Falls – Location
Edith Falls is roughly halfway to Katherine from Darwin, probably a bit closer to Katherine. It is a great campsite. There are three main pools to swim in. The first is a 100m flat walk to the campsite. It is a very large rockpool, it can be hard to enter without good footwear.
The second is the main one, it is pretty short, from memory 300m, however it is pretty steep and quite rocky in sections. But it is worth it, as the pools are great.
The second pool & Edith itself
The third pool
Paradise Valley – Location
Paradise Valley near Licola is a farm that also serves as a campground. Our family (plus a few more) have gone there every easter since before I was born. I was first there at 3 months old, and I’ve only missed a couple since. It has showers, a creek to swim in, daily rubbish collection, and it allows dogs. Fireplaces are welcome. We regularly do canoe trips down there, I see a lot of people fishing but they rarely catch anything.
Email me if you want to find it… I don’t know where it is exactly but I know how to drive there!
Garnamarr – Kakadu
Great camping site, running water, access to wood, $10pp per night. All great except for two things:
Take your rubbish with you
This is pretty annoying. Most people don’t want to have to bring their stinky rubbish back with them. Worse, if you are there for a few nights, you need to put it into your car. Make sure you what you need to do deal with this, we didn’t and it was annoying. Why do you need to lock your rubbish up? Well that brings me to:
The Crows
Faaark! They love calling out all day long. Not so bad. But they get into your rubbish. And I mean, REALLY GET IN! The only time I ignored a rangers advice, as I didn’t want food scrapes in my car for the day we there out exploring, I put them in a bag, in the fireplace (with 3 walls and a roof), with two large rocks either side. I thought I crow proofed it… I was wrong!
Twin Falls – Kakadu
Twin Falls is one of the prettiest places you can imagine. You used to be able to swim here, but that has now closed permanently. It would have been classified as “The Best!” if you could have. They say it is for crocodiles, but the guide we had said it was also because the indigenous owners decided it was inappropriate. An amazing beach, massive gorge, two waterfalls cascading down (very seasonal and somewhat dry when we there) it is paradise. What is the downside?
Well apart from the lack of swimming, the answer is the drive there! It is strictly 4WD only, plus a creek crossing. When we did it it was 700mm, but it gets deeper. Snorkels are a must, and raised vehicles even better. I saw a lot of people driving over there without a snorkel, get some water in there and your car could easily stall in the water… full of crocs… insanity.
Even with a snorkel 700mm is my personal absolute limit, be prepared to get your carpet wet.
Crossing the creek: