Katherine was our next stop we needed to get there as Trevor had had a fall and hurt his back and ribs, we needed to get him to the hospital to get checked out. I also had a bite on my leg that was looking infected so needed to see someone. We stopped in Mataranka for lunch, it has certainly changed somewhat since I was last here. The drive was brilliant, some people say not much to see but I have to sit and watch out of the window as we travel, cattle, birds, ant hills, scenery so much to take in. Some people have “dressed” the ant hills, they do look funny. I would like to stop and put something on one myself but there is never a good safe place to stop with the caravan.
We parked up in the Boab caravan park in Katherine and decided to go out for dinner at a local sports club. Trevor had had the all clear from the hospital although had badly bruised himself internally. I had my bite looked at, it is a spider bite!! I have antibiotic cream for it, so hopefully it will start to heal now. We called the curtesy bus and headed out to the sports club. We all thought that as it was so packed out the food must be good, the line up for ordering was at least half an hour long. It was a shame but what I had I was not impressed with and neither were Mick and Joy. Oh well, at least none of us had to cook or clean up. It certainly was a great place for people watching, so many different characters and so many different ways to dress!!
We took the opportunity to catch up on some shopping in Katherine also some washing. But not before we had been to the Coffee club. Then a visit to the information centre which was full of lovely things. There were a couple of locals outside the supermarket selling Boab nuts that they had carved. I couldn’t resist, the idea of buying local craft from the ones who had carved them. If you buy them in the shops they are around $100 but mine was $20 and although the ones from the shops are very intricate I love mine.
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