Today we went to the Katherine farmers market. We had breaky there. There were stalls like jams and relishes, Veggies and craft (but no pudding stalls!). After breaky we did some shopping then went back home to have lunch. Next we went on a cruise through the Nitmiluk Gorges(Katherine Gorges). We saw a few fresh water crocodiles. Freshwater crocs are not as dangerous as the salt water ones so they dont mind them in the gorges, they are safe to swim and canoe with. They check the river for saltwater crocs all the time by having a little red ball tied to a tree with string and floating on the water. The salties are attracted to the red colour so they go and bite the ball to see if it is tasty. If there are big bite marks they know that there is a saltie to catch. They catch them with crocodile traps that are a big long cage that they put a wallaby leg or wild pig in for bait. The crocs go in and the door automatically closes. The saltie gets relocated. If a freshwater croc gets in they just let go again! In-between the Gorges we had to walk to the next George. There were a few little water fall things on the cliffs. One the way back we had a swim in the second gorge and a snack. The water was very cold! After that we came home and had dinner.
Tess