Friday, 18th June
Left Katherine about 8.30 this morning for the 250 km drive to Batchelor, which is on the edge of the Litchfield National Park. There was a fair bit of traffic on the road, mainly caravans, of course, but we did meet quite a few mining road trains. The road surface was very good although it was a bit windy and hilly. We made a detour through the little town of Pine Creek (that was about it!) and stopped at Adelaide River for a short while. The town was holding an outside market under the lovely shady trees, so we thought it might be interesting to have browse the three stalls. The Devonshire teas were doing a roaring trade with their “calorie free” scones!
We arrived at the small town (population 600) of Batchelor just on noon and were directed onto our site by a very nice man. The Big 4 Resort is a gorgeous park – green, tropical, decent amenities, pool, restaurant, a big slab next to the caravan – and the daily bird feeding will take place next to our caravan. Don’t know whether that will be a good thing or not!!!
After hanging the washing out at 1.30 pm and retrieving it (bone dry) at 2.30 pm, Leslie decided that his aching ear needed medical attention, more than the drops recommended by the chemist. (Someone had to show off at Bitter Springs and swim underwater – 34 degrees is a lovely temperature for bugs to breed!) So it was off to the local medical centre to be seen almost immediately by a lovely nurse practitioner, who declared the ear was chock full of wax and would need syringing. After all the revolting material was washed out (you don’t need to know what it looked like), she decided his ear was inflamed and infected and required some antibiotic drops, which were promptly supplied, along with all the necessaries.
Left the medical clinic to find the sky was covered in dense smoke from a bushfire, with ash falling on us. The man who came around selling dried and frozen mangoes wasn’t sure whether it would be a worry or not as it wasn’t a controlled burn-off. I’m sure someone will tell us if we need to leave in a hurry.
Nearly forgot – it is even hotter than yesterday. Caravan parks are very sleepy places during the afternoon.
Left Katherine about 8.30 this morning for the 250 km drive to Batchelor, which is on the edge of the Litchfield National Park. There was a fair bit of traffic on the road, mainly caravans, of course, but we did meet quite a few mining road trains. The road surface was very good although it was a bit windy and hilly. We made a detour through the little town of Pine Creek (that was about it!) and stopped at Adelaide River for a short while. The town was holding an outside market under the lovely shady trees, so we thought it might be interesting to have browse the three stalls. The Devonshire teas were doing a roaring trade with their “calorie free” scones!
We arrived at the small town (population 600) of Batchelor just on noon and were directed onto our site by a very nice man. The Big 4 Resort is a gorgeous park – green, tropical, decent amenities, pool, restaurant, a big slab next to the caravan – and the daily bird feeding will take place next to our caravan. Don’t know whether that will be a good thing or not!!!
After hanging the washing out at 1.30 pm and retrieving it (bone dry) at 2.30 pm, Leslie decided that his aching ear needed medical attention, more than the drops recommended by the chemist. (Someone had to show off at Bitter Springs and swim underwater – 34 degrees is a lovely temperature for bugs to breed!) So it was off to the local medical centre to be seen almost immediately by a lovely nurse practitioner, who declared the ear was chock full of wax and would need syringing. After all the revolting material was washed out (you don’t need to know what it looked like), she decided his ear was inflamed and infected and required some antibiotic drops, which were promptly supplied, along with all the necessaries.
Left the medical clinic to find the sky was covered in dense smoke from a bushfire, with ash falling on us. The man who came around selling dried and frozen mangoes wasn’t sure whether it would be a worry or not as it wasn’t a controlled burn-off. I’m sure someone will tell us if we need to leave in a hurry.
Nearly forgot – it is even hotter than yesterday. Caravan parks are very sleepy places during the afternoon.
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Enjoy a refreshing swim in the cascading pools of Buley Rockhole while you are at Litchfield,Bazza and I can really recommend it.Les had better keep the ear dry !
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