After we left Timber Creek we intended to stay at the Victoria River Roadhouse and do the escarpment walk in the Fitzroy Range. This didn’t eventuate due to the burning in the area. The amount of smoke obscured the views almost totally and it was already very hot when we drove past so we kept going and stayed overnight at a roadside stop at Manbulloo instead.
We travelled on to Katherine and restocked before continuing up Highway One. We diverted at Pine Creek for fuel and a couple of supplies and discovered, but did not try, the vegemite and bacon home-made ice creams. Not sure what to say about that except what a waste of good ice cream.
We stayed at the Edith Falls camp site which was lovely and would have been nice to stay for a couple more nights if we didn’t have a date up the road. Unfortunately the bottom pool was closed as the police were conducting a search and rescue for a camper that had gone missing a few days prior.
We hiked our way up the side of the hill and found some lovely swimming areas and a flowing waterfall. The water was a lot warmer than what we’d become acoustomed to and we really enjoyed swimming here.
Sunset came too quickly and we made out way back to the campsite where the boys met some other children to play with.
Touring in a tin can 