Thursday, July 27, 2006

Bitter Springs and termite mound in Mataranka





From some other travellers and some locals we got the tip not to bother with the main hot springs in Mataranka. Instead they advised us to visit the Bitter Springs there. As you can see on the photo the water was sooooooooo clear and beautiful coloured. Unfortunately the water temperature (34 celsius) was a little bit too high!
On our way through the outback we saw heaps of termite mounds, in small areas the ground was covered with them. Mostly they were pretty small but near Mataranka and Katherine they grew bigger and bigger. They nearly were three times bigger than Dirk.