All Springed Out?

We left Katherine and headed to Materanka for yet another thermal spring. We had decided to stay at Bitter Springs, as we could leave the car in the trailer and walk to the springs. We wanted to be heading south quick, so that seemed a nice easy option, and we had heard so many good stories about Bitter Springs.

I have to say, I was a little disappointed. I think its just that we have been to soooo many springs lately. Douglas Daly was just wonderful, and Katherine was lovely and soooo relaxing. By the time we got here, I was a bit ‘springed out’. My head was itchy and my scalp gooey because my hair had been wet almost constantly for well over a week. It’s such thick hair that it can take a whole day to dry, and when I tie it back, even longer. So we were swimming in waterfalls or thermal pools every day and it was never drying. By the time we got to Bitter Springs, I was over it.

The water was an insane shade of bright blue, and was utterly crystal clear. But it was slightly smelly (from the sulphur) and there was LOTS of floating algae. We did the ‘drift’, which I highly recommend. We used our snorkles and goggles and thought, yet again, how wonderful it was to get them before we left and how often we have used them! We each had a noodle and took the advice of those who have visited before us and hooked our thongs over the ends. This let us drift downstream, and yet enabled us to walk back up the path without any discomfort. Bliss. But a bit messy and smelly. Dunc went a second time, but I elected to stay with Lexie who was STILL fighting the horrific cold/flu she picked up in Melbourne. She was happier sitting on her noodle in the deep bit and just hanging out.