Today we arrived at Mataranka and are camping here the night. We enjoyed a couple of swims today at two of the thermal springs. The water temperature was beautiful, like a warm bath, and the water was crystal clear. It is interesting how much it has changed since Jaime and Michelle travelled through here 17 years ago. There are now a number of big caravan parks and the more than one thermal spring to visit. They are also all full of "Grey Nomads"! The place we are staying at is the same place we camped at 17 years ago but now there it is three times the size and has as tourist shop and bar and live music at night (old time music of course for the oldies). But it is still a beautiful place to visit. We stopped in at one of the caravan parks to watch the Barramundi feeding in their dam and learnt all about how Barramundi live, interestingly they are all born as male in freshwater and can only change to female if they head down stream to the saltwater. Aidan and Cody both had a go at feeding the Barramuni using a fishing line without any hooks.
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| One of the thermal springs at Mataranka (the one which is still natural - and no 'Grey Nomads'! |
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| A Pretty-Face Wallaby which visited our campsite and ate some of our scraps |
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| Cody feeding the Barramundi |
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| Aidan feeding the Barramundi |
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