Day 30/31 - Nathan "Whippy" Griggs/Cutta Cutta Caves

 Day 30 - Thursday - 18/6/2026

This morning I did more schoolwork and then went back to Bitter Springs. Then at 6:30 we went to see whip cracking world record holder Nathan Griggs. He holds five world records one of which being cracking a 100-metre whip and most cracks in a minute. He showed us some tricks and techniques on how to crack a whip; he also cracked his whip to some different songs like Thunderstruck. 


Nathan also had a lot of different whips like a solar powered whip with lights on it, a glow in the dark whip, a metal chain whip and for the grand finale he light one of his whips on fire and cracked it.




Day 31 - Friday - 19/6/2026

This morning I woke up pretty early and went birdwatching. There was a lot of wildlife, and we saw 4 birds I had never seen before, the Bar-shouldered Dove, Lemon-bellied Flyrobin, Shining Flycatcher and a Blue-faced Honeyeater. There has been loads of animals here, especially frogs and lizards.  

A frog in the shower!


Then we packed up and drove to Katherine, about 20km from Katherine we stopped at Cutta Cutta Caves. The cave was big, but we couldn't go all the way through it because of a water table.

Inside the cave

The cave had lots of stalactites and stalagmites plus a few columns, columns are formed when a stalactite and a stalagmites touch. 

Column

The cave was all made of limestone and there were different patterns in the rock, in the cave we also saw a ghost bat. 

Cutta Cutta Caves


Then we finished the drive to Katherine and went for a swim.

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