Edith falls is amazing! We headed to the upper pools (2.6km return) with breakfast in the bag and made it to the water with only two other couples there. The actual pools are quite deep with a few sections to swim in, not too cold, with a small waterfall into the main part. Had to watch out for the slippery rocks though!
We spent a good hour or so there and decided to carry on around the loop to get back to the main lake to grab lunch and have another swim. Good to see a bit more wildlife in this lake, plenty of fish to see especially near the waterfall. We pretty much did a lap!
Upper pools:
Main lake:
Our last stop of the day was the famous Katherine Gorge. Hmmm, a bit of a let down for us. Admittedly, we did arrive later than we’d planned, but we had expected a few people to still be there, and a bit of a swimming spot, however at that time (only about 16:30) there was neither…! The tourist information centre and the canoe hire hut were shut, so we couldn’t even get any information! Also, no informational signs around for costs etc.! In the end we decided to have a quick walk up to a lookout spot, it was nice, but not exactly anything to shout about, we just didn’t really see the appeal! We finished the 2.8km “The Loop” walk, while getting quite frustrated at the lack of signage (apparently there were supposed to be two paths following the same track, however one was a 13km walk which we did not want to find ourselves on!), the walk even led us though the water treatment plant (great views…!) We ended up alongside the entry road for a good half kilometre, which led you back through the car parks! An amazing walk (joke), and with only one view of the Gorge on the entire track, you could have been anywhere… Pointless!
Anyhow, after a grumpy walk, we headed back into Katherine to top-up on food, and bed down at a powered site, with access to Katherine hot springs… 
After a pretty good nights sleep (not as hot now, and less mozzies/flies) we got up fairly early to head to the hot springs (just 400m walk from the back of the site). Whilst not as hot as we were expecting they were definitely warm enough. The place is basically a renovated stream that has a few handrails and steps into it, apparently only recently completed by the council. Heather managed to go swimming with her sunglasses and lose them (but we soon found them again thanks to the crystal clear water). The springs were a really nice start to the day.
Now for the first real slog of the journey heading (~500km) towards the WA border, Lake Argyle and Kununurra.
