We woke up this morning, not long before checking out time because we were smart enough to pack our bags last night. We got ourselves ready and then went and had some breakfast before checking out and then just hanging around the hostel. When it got to about 10.45am, we took a walk down to the Greyhound Terminal, to catch the coach to Katherine. We dropped off our bags and then I went to get us a smoothie from Boost.
The Greyhound turned up slightly late - and that pretty much set the tone for the rest of the journey. First, as we were leaving Darwin, the driver suddenly remembered that he'd forgot to collect some post and then it was just a massive drive South. The good thing was that the Greyhound was air-conditioned... yippee!
We made a couple of stops along the way - but only in places we'd already seen with Bruce. We arrived in Katherine (where Nikki randomly bumped into someone she used to go to school with!) at some time between 3 and 4pm and in our old tradition - had not bothered ringing ahead to book any accommodation, so when we asked at the desk in the Coach Terminal about availability - we were told that there was only one hostel with spaces - and that they only had dorm rooms. We should've known what we were getting ourselves in to, when we found out that the hostel was called Kookaburras Palm Court...
The hostel seems ok - it's a little bit rough around the edges - but we've seen far worse on this trip, and so we checked into our room. We're sharing with 2 girls. one is from Germany and the other is local from Katherine. When we arrived she was led on the bed with the curtains drawn and no air-conditioning on. Walking into the room was like walking in a sweat shop - it was really hot and stuffy, so we though we'd go out exploring instead.
We had a look around Katherine and then headed back to the hostel for some food. When we were out we found a little cinema, and it was 'cheap Wednesday'. We thought we'd go and watch a film, (even though I think we've seen more than Jonathan Ross lately), but we wanted to eat first. When we got back to the hostel, the heat had made us totally lose our appetites - so we sat chatting with the other travelers before going to watch Evan Almighty later on. The staff were really pleased to see us - because they said we were the only customers they'd had all night. They even let us in for cheap - charging us less than child price ($5 instead of $10).
We worked out that, in Australia, we've spent almost $70... on smoothies!
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