Category Archives: Nothern Territory

Reynolds River Track – Litchfield

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Reynolds is a beautiful 4WD track, great varying scenary, not too difficult but enough to keep you interested.

The big “x-factor” is that damn river crossing. It is generally 600mm to 700mm (check the access report) the bottom isn’t that firm, you can’t walk it due to crocs, and there is a big bend it in, so it is difficult to know you are going the correct way. There are also two different routes, the first time I went one was roped off… so I never went that way.

So depends on how bad you want to do it… I’ve done it twice and doubt I’ll do it again.

DROP YOUR TYRE PRESSURE! If you don’t do it on the track, make sure you do it across the river.

Edith Falls – Location

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Edith Falls is roughly halfway to Katherine from Darwin, probably a bit closer to Katherine. It is a great campsite. There are three main pools to swim in. The first is a 100m flat walk to the campsite. It is a very large rockpool, it can be hard to enter without good footwear.

The second is the main one, it is pretty short, from memory 300m, however it is pretty steep and quite rocky in sections. But it is worth it, as the pools are great.

 


The second pool & Edith itself


The third pool

Lots of life, no fish

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So this was my theory, I wanted to do more quick fishing trips. If I don’t have time for a full day, I would just put the boat in Dinah Beach Boat Ramp (10 mins away) and spend a few hours in the water, (plus an extra 2 packing up). Well I had to work Saturday so I figured I might as well give it a shot, and everything went great, except no fish.

Things are doing really well elsewhere so next weekend I need to put in the miles.

Got:
Me: 1 small, 1 medium catfish
Tameka: Nothing

Story of the trip:
Went down to Reichart’s and there was life everywhere. A few boofs, fish jumping, it all looked pretty good. Yet nothing was biting, apart from a couple of catfish. So much life for nothing. At one point I could see a fish (thought it was a barra, but a closer inspection now thinking maybe a shark) and I swam a lure past its face a few times, once I dragged the lure into its body, it just lazily continued swimming along without a care in the world.

Boat problems:
The battery ran out, I think I did too much on the minnkota, and not enough on the engine. I started it on the second one and managed to charge it a bit on the drive home. Started on battery 1 for the engine flush so I think it is okay.

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