Last night was a shocker for us, with no breeze, and so much humidity, we didn’t sleep much, it was so hot in the bus, and then the batteries died at about 1am. At least sleep did eventually find us and in the morning we enjoyed a few very little wallabies bouncing around the campground. This morning our friends David and Brenda headed to Darwin, to spend time with their daughter. We headed off to explore Cascade Falls. Another steep walk that started going through a cool, tropical forest before out into the sun and walking past areas where there had been a recent hazard burn and there was no shade to speak of. We were well and truly hot and ready to cool off in the waters at the Cascades, which comprised of a series of very little waterfalls and rock pools, of varying sizes and depths. We enjoyed a long soak in the waters, and I was able to sit on a ledge that meant the water reached my chest and safe levels. I was able to watch the little fish flittering about in the shallows. Soon others joined us, including some brave families. It was a 3.5km round trip up and down some steep and rocky areas but worth the effort. We headed back to the carpark after an early lunch, and then ventured down the road to Walker’s Creek. The water was again so clear, you could see a few different species of fish in it. The creek wasn’t far from the car park, but despite the heat, neither of us felt like another soak just yet, so we headed back to the town of Batchelor, to empty tanks and fill up on water. I had a nap on the way.
Next stop was Florence Falls, where we are staying for the next couple of nights. We were ready to cool down again, the humidity is draining us. We had a short walk but over 135 steps down to the plunge pool at the bottom of Florence Falls. We discovered the pool was very crowded and busy. We scrambled our way across the slippery rocks, for a shallow spot for me, and then Matt went and had a swim. People were filming themselves, jumping off the rocks, floating with pool noodles, but if you looked closer into the water, there were black bream and if you sat still long enough, you would get a bite from little silver fish. They obviously don’t want people in their water, we both got bitten a few times. Quite aggressively. After cooling down, we headed back to the Clipper to do my IV care. Fortunately it was more pleasant, and we were able to enjoy a cooler night
Unfortunately now it’s dark it’s 35 degrees in the bus no breeze and 120% humidity
Ugh.
Batteries aren’t holding up either. I think they’ll die again tonight they just can’t keep up with the fridges in the heat. I’ll have to post photos later as I don’t have enough power for the laptop . You’ll have to come back to it
Update : yep the batteries died at 9pm then in a vain attempt to keep fridges running to keep fussy medical concoctions happy, jostled power around from the bus itself, (the bus house electrical and mechanical electrical are separate systems to prevent one draining the other ) i kept the fridges running every 3 hours for 2hours or so, and the cold stuff made it till dawn, but we were flat, the main batteries were flat and the bus mechanical batteries were also done. well i tried.
