We drove fast and furiously in the past few days so with the extra time we had to get to Katherine, all we needed to do was pack up and go over to a place where at noon they show the movie We of the Never Never, that portrays the Gunns as they settled into Mataranka (where we were at the Moment Moment) in 1901 to drive cattle, get sick and die. Luckily, Mrs Gunn survived to write a novelized version of her life with the aborigines and every kid in Australia has heard the story. Most, though, have never been to the town, seen the movie, or read the novel itself, just like Americans and their own rich history!
Before we regal you with stories of Katherine, we're going to treat you to our own movie of Shirl and Rowan floating down the Roper Creek, aka Bitter Springs, which is a lovely, warm, shaded, peaceful, little soupçon of wilderness in an otherwise hot, dry, part of "the glorious NT." (Actually, we've not once heard anyone say glorious when referring to the Northern Territory, but it could happen.) Anyway, this little river, as you'll see below, was so restful and inviting, we just had to do a little movie of us floating our cares away.