Top End Trip, Days 9 to 11

During this time we left Katherine, visited Cutta Cutta cave, and spent the night in Mataranka. The next night we went from Mataranka to Devils Marbles and the final night we drive from Devils Marbles home.

topend127 132.75 Kb The entrance to Cutta Cutta caves.	topend128 57.76 Kb A rare, endangered Ghost Bat.	topend129 133.18 Kb Cutta Cutta Cave.	topend130 87.40 Kb Cutta Cutta Cave.
topend131 143.31 Kb Cutta Cutta Cave.	topend132 104.32 Kb Cutta Cutta Cave.	topend133 100.28 Kb Cutta Cutta Cave.	topend134 99.64 Kb Cutta Cutta Cave.
topend135 101.51 Kb Cutta Cutta Cave.	topend136 170.36 Kb Cutta Cutta Cave.	topend137 204.63 Kb Bitter Springs. Warm water (at 34C) bubbles up from below the ground, warming the water of this creek. Dissolved limestone gives the water an emerald color.	topend138 191.55 Kb Bitter Springs.
topend139 99.83 Kb Sunset at Katherine Low Level caravan park.	topend140 178.51 Kb Mataranka thermal pool. Like Bitter Springs, heated underground water rises to the surface to make these pools. The water is quite nice, like a tepid bath, and very "soft".	topend141 197.53 Kb Mataranka thermal pool. You can't see them in these pictures, but the pool has many, many rather large spiders on huge webs hanging over the water. These spiders appear to live in colonies, and the combined webs look strong enough to trap an ox.	topend142 115.23 Kb Our last night on the road. That's our campervan, below the tree here at Devils Marbles.
topend143 102.06 Kb My first attempt at night photography: Orion setting over Devils Marbles.	topend144 55.70 Kb Surprise!	topend145 100.33 Kb Sunrise at Devils Marbles	topend146 160.53 Kb Jail at Barrow Creek telegraph station
topend147 120.68 Kb Barrow Creek telegraph station.

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