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Katherine, Gregory Nationalpark, Halls Creek

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This section of our journey started out from Katherine from where we travelled towards the Kimberleys in Western Australia. Before we reached the Western Australian Border we ventured into Gregory Nationalpark. Formerly a part of a Farming Corporation, it became a Nationalpark in 1983.
It features the Limestone Gorge where Tufa Dams and Calcite flows can be seen which are created over thousands of years by depositing Calcium Carbonate on rocks, tree stumps and branches in the water. In the dry season they shine white, wheras in the wet season algae contained in the water may give it a yellow or greenish tint.

Bullita Homestead used to be the farmhouse in the past. It can be visited to learn more about the history of the farming in the surrounding countryside. From here a number of 4WD tracks lead into different parts of Gregory Nationalpark. We choose to drive along the Humbert, Wickham and Gibbie Tracks through the Nationalpark. Driving along the tracks was at times pretty rough. Mainly through rocky sections in the road, and through many rocky creek crossings, where we had to slow down to prevent our tyres to be riped into pieces. Along the tracks we found a lonesome, rough but as well beautiful Landscapes. From the Nationalpark we then drove onto the Buntine Highway towards Halls Creek, where numerous picturesque Sites are worth while to be explored.


Just outside of Katherine Landscape Landscape Eucalypt Tree Victoria River Escarpments
Victoria River Escarpments Heading towards Gregory Nationalpark Gregory NP: Cathedral Termites Gregory NP: Calcite Flow Gregory NP: Landscape
Gregory NP: Tufa Dams Gregory NP: Tufa Dams Gregory NP: Boab Tree at Bullita Homestead Gregory NP: Bullita Homestead Gregory NP: Bullita Homestead Veranda
Gregory NP: Bullita Stockyard Gregory NP: Humbert Track Gregory NP: Walking to Fig Tree Valley Lookout Gregory NP: Native Cotton Gregory NP: View from Fig Tree Valley Lookout
Gregory NP: Back from the Walking Trail Gregory NP: Flowering Tree Gregory NP: Just after a prescribed burn Gregory NP: Colourful contrast Gregory NP: Some stretches are pretty rocky
Gregory NP: Bush Landscape Gregory NP: Police Creek Waterhole Gregory NP: Seedpods on a Bush Gregory NP: Wickham Track Landscape Gregory NP: Wickham Track Landscape
Gregory NP: Hallo Stöffu und Renate Gregory NP: View from the Plateau Gregory NP: Wickham River Gregory NP: Crossing Wickham River Gregory NP: Sunrise
Gregory NP: Sunrise Gregory NP: Sunrise The Buntine Highway towards Halls Creek The Buntine Highway towards Halls Creek Halls Creek: Palm Springs
Halls Creek: Sawmill Gorge Halls Creek: Old Halls Creek built from a mix of Spinifex and crushed Anthills Halls Creek: White Quartz forming the China Wall for Kilometers on Top of a Range
Just outside of Katherine
Landscape
Landscape
Eucalypt Tree
Victoria River Escarpments
Victoria River Escarpments
Heading towards Gregory Nationalpark
Gregory NP: Cathedral Termites
Gregory NP: Calcite Flow
Gregory NP: Landscape
Gregory NP: Tufa Dams
Gregory NP: Tufa Dams
Gregory NP: Boab Tree at Bullita Homestead
Gregory NP: Bullita Homestead
Gregory NP: Bullita Homestead Veranda
Gregory NP: Bullita Stockyard
Gregory NP: Humbert Track
Gregory NP: Walking to Fig Tree Valley Lookout
Gregory NP: Native Cotton
Gregory NP: View from Fig Tree Valley Lookout
Gregory NP: Back from the Walking Trail
Gregory NP: Flowering Tree
Gregory NP: Just after a prescribed burn
Gregory NP: Colourful contrast
Gregory NP: Some stretches are pretty rocky
Gregory NP: Bush Landscape
Gregory NP: Police Creek Waterhole
Gregory NP: Seedpods on a Bush
Gregory NP: Wickham Track Landscape
Gregory NP: Wickham Track Landscape
Gregory NP: Hallo Stöffu und Renate
Gregory NP: View from the Plateau
Gregory NP: Wickham River
Gregory NP: Crossing Wickham River
Gregory NP: Sunrise
Gregory NP: Sunrise
Gregory NP: Sunrise
The Buntine Highway towards Halls Creek
The Buntine Highway towards Halls Creek
Halls Creek: Palm Springs
Halls Creek: Sawmill Gorge
Halls Creek: Old Halls Creek built from a mix of Spinifex and crushed Anthills
Halls Creek: White Quartz forming the China Wall for Kilometers on Top of a Range
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