Day 51 Katherine to Batchelor via Edith Falls

This morning we wished Katherine goodbye and headed north to Batchelor 282km away via Edith Falls.  Ordinary country, but roads remain very good.  We took the 20km deviation to Edith Falls and were delighted we did.  The river drops through three pools as it passes through the "gorge".  The lower pool was beautiful and was a mere 100m from the car park.  Alas we had to walk to the second pool, firstly up the escarpment then down to the pool.  We chose not to tackle the third pool (Sweetwater Pool) as it was a further 2.6km walk to see it fully.  We are not pikers truly.  It was 34 degrees and we each had already consumed our bottle of water to get where we did.  You may have noticed in walks like these there are occasional seats on which to rest.  We used everyone of them, up and back.  The pools are open for swimming and there were several groups of people in the water. 

Batchelor is the gateway to the Litchfield National Park so we will go adventuring into the park tomorrow.  Regrettably the 4WD roads in the park are not open.

270514 Edith Falls - the lower pool

270514 Edith Falls - looking downstream from the lower pool

270514 Edith Falls - looking down onto the lower pool
from the escarpment

270514 Edith Falls - Waterfall into the upper pool

270514 Edith Falls - Waterfall into the upper pool from pool level

270514 Edith Falls - the waterfall into the upper pool close up

270514 Edith Falls - above the waterfall into the upper pool