27th July Katherine

 Kms today 326          Kms to date  7176

I was packed up early and stopped at local café for coffee and toast and filled up the tank.  I decided to take the Dorat tourist road from Adelaide River to Pine Creek.  It was through scenic country and nice and windy, but the surface was questionable and I never got really comfortable so it was slow going.

 I got to Pine Creek about 12:30 and filled up and had some lunch.  There was another biker in the Pub and he was riding a Honda Africa Twin with a trailer.  He had tried the Tanami three times but had trouble, mainly with the trailer, each time.

 I checked into the Katherine River Lodge, which was a huge place and turned out to be used mainly by workers. After a swim in it's pool, I took a walk along the Katherine River to the Katherine Club for dinner.  I couldn't see the river and the next day realised that Alan and I stayed on the other side of town and had much better access to the river.

After dinner I went into the bar area for a drink and watched a couple of men playing pool.  They were very good and told me they were A grade competition players and were waiting for the NT No 1 player to arrive for a game.  I think there might have been a few side bets going on, but they were very discrete!