{"id":149,"date":"2013-07-31T20:33:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/?p=149"},"modified":"2022-07-17T17:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T07:52:56","slug":"cutta-cutta-caves-katherine-edith-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Cutta Cutta Caves – Katherine – Edith Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Days 13 – 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cutta Cutta Caves<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is in the Cutta Cutta caves. Cutta Cutta means ‘lots of stars’. It got its name because the formations glitter like stars.<\/p>\n

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This is a picture of us in front of a stalactite. Che told the guide the difference between stalactites and stalagmites. Stalactites have to cling on very tight to stay on the roof. Stalagmites might, some day, reach the roof.<\/p>\n

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Katherine Hot Springs<\/strong><\/p>\n

We swam in Katherine Hot Springs. It wasn’t as good as Bitter Springs, but it was OK.<\/p>\n

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Katherine Gorge – Nitmiluk<\/strong><\/p>\n

This a blue faced honey eater. Matt calls them blue faced money eaters. It came really close to us: half a metre from us.<\/p>\n

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This is a flying fox. We saw them at the gorge when we were lining up to go on the boat.<\/p>\n

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These are Aboriginal rock paintings. They were painted up on the cliff by the Jawoyn.<\/p>\n

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We are sitting on the one of the three boats. We had to go on three boats because we went to three gorges. In the background is one of the gorges.<\/p>\n

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Matt is sitting on the boat. He was the first person on the boat.<\/p>\n

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We saw 5 freshwater crocodiles (freshies). We didn’t see any salties but we saw saltie traps.<\/p>\n

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This is Che swimming in a rock pool between the first gorge and the second gorge. We think this was croc free because we didn’t see any crocs, plus they said this one didn’t have any crocs.<\/p>\n

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This is Matt swimming with Che’s noodle.<\/p>\n

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Edith Falls<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are swimming in Edith Falls. Can you see the waterfall behind us?<\/p>\n

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This is Matt swimming in the cold pool.<\/p>\n

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We walked up the top and saw the top waterfall.<\/p>\n

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We went swimming at the top falls. We swam really close to the waterfall. It was hard to swim in close because the waterfall was pushing water at us.<\/p>\n

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This is us getting into the water for another swim.<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow we go to Kakadu where there are lots of crocs.<\/p>\n

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