Kathryn Gorge

Sunday was also a day of adventuring, we drove to KAthryn Gorge, it is a river that runs through a plateau of sandstone and the river has eroded the rock and created quite a picturesque pèlace, I was expecting lots fo birds otherwise i wouldn't have travelled all this way to see it but if you dont know you dont know, Anyway we had a lunch of chicken and chips in the local red rooster restaurant, i had to add this to the post as there wouldn't be much post, the drive was uneventfula s the landscape is pretty flat up until we got to the plateau area, I was surprised at how few dead wallabies there were at the side of the road but there were a few dead cows, that means thay you can find a cow in the road at night when travelling at the legal speed of 130km/Hr or 75 mph, this could make a large dent in your head i think if you hit one at this speed, the car would probably explode.
We managed to get to the tour boat dock at maybe 12 noon again, and booked the next trip out, while we waited we saw a large colony of fruit bats maybe 200-300 animals, they make lots of noise and we thought they were fighting but it seems all the animals had babies and the babies were huge almost as big as the mum, so it was the mum chastising the babies for creating a fuss, or trying to hard to get a drink of milk.

The bats looked like black cling film wrapped rodents




we got on the boat and just sat back and relaxed, until they told us the river was low due to it being the dry season and the rocks were exposed so we had to get out and walk over the rocks at one point, it wasn't far but it spoiled my relaxation, the cliffs were OK and the boat was good, the guide talked crap for a long time, i wish i could have chosen a non-speaking tour, i hate it when they just babble rubbish, i wasn't going to give him a tip after this. The problem with taking tours to see scenery is that i have been all around the world and seen scenery far more impressive and i dont get impressed very easy anymore, i am a spoiled boy and tend to feel as though i have missed the point of taking these tours anymore, but as a day out it was OK apart from the huge drive,the price of the boat tickets and the price of Gasoline.

The three intrepid treckers




The Gorge




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