Sunday 15th July 2012 Katherine to Timber Creek

Crikey! This Saltie had a broken jaw.  He is 4 metres long!

Trip Meter Reading Start – 6560

Trip Meter Reading Finish –  6842

Total Km Travelled –  282 km

Filled up Timber Creek $1.89 / litre

21.172 litres $40

Comments -  Luke Baker

We went on the cruise and we saw heaps of wallabys and heaps of salt and fresh water crocodiles.  We also saw a dead pig.  After that we had afternoon tea on a boat pontoon were their was different foods and you could have a free fish off the boat.  I caught 2 catfish.  After that we watched the sun go down over the mountains then we sped back home realy fast.

Comments – Mum and Dad



Joe's Creek....Luke not impressed with another walk.



After speaking with my mum and dad, they advised us to stop into a little place called Timber Creek which is 280 kms west of Katherine on the Victoria Highway.  Just past the Victoria River Roadhouse we ventured off the road into Joes Creek and took a 1.7km loop walk which lead us along an escarpment wall through towering Liverstonia Palms.  The view to the surrounding valley was beautiful.  The rich colours of the rock blending with the bright green vegetation of the palm and blue skies was just amazing. On the walls we found some aboriginal paintings and a large fig bush with plenty of fruit on it.

This  small and not well known walk is well worth the effort (which was minor); just wear your runners as some of the track is uneven and rocky in places.



Joes Creek -  palms, native figs, aboriginal rock paintings - Cost $FREE



Onward to a small town of 300, Timber Creek; we booked into a caravan park ($20 p/n) on an unpowered site complete with nice green grass (something we take for granted up here).   The park had a pool (very basic) but nice to have a cool dip after some walking and driving for a couple of hours.

We booked onto the Victoria River Cruise for a departure at 4pm.  Neville was our host and a character at that.  We met a couple of guys, on 62 and one of his contacts in Canada who were in the process of riding their bikes from Cairns to Broome (push bikes that is).  The guy from Canada was doing it to lose weight and had already lost 15 kgs!.....He was an inexperienced rider wanting to lose weight so he could get healthy and be a better dad for his kids (what a great guy he was; he was proud to show me some before shots of himself; he was so proud of what he had accomplished).

Now back to the cruise; yes very beautiful, more crocs that Neville called by name; so many wallabies on the side of the river (which is up to 1km in width in places); one was toying with a croc; the crocs ambush them along with the Brahmans that are brave enough to take a drink. 

Neville pulled us up at the pontoon for a much need alcoholic beverage and some hot and cold finger foods.

The sunset on the red escarpment on the background was yet again amazing!

Luke catching fish off a pontoon - Victoria River Cruise