After having a glorious rest day off in the Katherine Gorge I knew it was going to be hard to get the body back into the routine of waking early again. As soon as I left Katherine at 4am there were at least one hundred kangaroo’s within the first ten kilometres. The things were jumping left right and centre. At the 130km mark the sun had just come up and for some reason my body was starting to reject everything and all I wanted to do was vomit. This is always a bad feeling, especially knowing that I still had 65km to travel to our resting destination of Victoria River.
I stopped at the 130km mark and refuelled on porridge and toast which seemed to do the trick and the remaining distance was manageable. As we got within 30km’s of Victoria River we started travelling through a sensational gorge with high red cliffs surrounding us on each side. I rode the last 30km in awe of the beauty and finally rested on the Victoria River.
We were told not to swim near the camp site as a 4m salt water croc hangs in this area. With a 37 degrees heat beaming down we went exploring and found a small area to swim in some rapids. We sat there all afternoon until the sun went behind the red cliffs and then made our way back for dinner.
Craig.
Sorry for late blog but no reception for over 300km and I am doing this at the side of the road 6am this morning.
Clean that dust! Looking after Craig's equipment is an important daily task.
Taking in the sights on Day 32
Mother nature
Relaxing after a hard days work
June 30, 2009 at 2:05 pm |
Dear Craig,
Our teacher, Mrs Scarlett has been telling us all about your marathon trip around Australia. We have been looking on the map at how far you have gone (Mrs Scarlett is exhausted just thinking about it.)We have a few questions to ask you…
Ben asked; How many days have you been travelling for?
Bailee said; Do you ever get sick? ( Mrs Scarlett said you are probably sick of running, riding & paddling by now!!)
Joel said; Have you seen any crocodiles, dugongs or sharks yet?
Bailey said; When are you going to stop?
Tianna asked; have you been scared yet?
Leon said; Have you ever been knocked off your kayak?
Have a safe trip, fun trip and good luck from 2S and Mrs Scarlett
July 1, 2009 at 9:42 am |
Hi there 2S, I ahve been going for 34 days now and I was sick two days ago but feeling better now. I have seen croc’s, sharks, dugongs, sting rays, whales, turtles, fish, emu’s, roo’s, camels, dingo’s, wild pigs and many more. I have 58 more days to go and look forward to paddling all day tomorrow in an outback lake filled with croc’s. Yes I do get scared some times, but it is all worth it. I haven’t been knocked off my ski, but one trip I did have a small shark hit the front of the ski. I am glad you are following the journey and hope you find it interesting. Hello Mrs Scarlett!