Litchfield Park

Litchfield park is not too far from Darwin and well worth a visit, Jock and I had been before but there is so much to see we did not get to see it all last time decided we would go and took Michelle and Emma with us for a day out. Trevor had to have a day off. The drive out there was lovely and before we knew it we were seeing lots of magnetic termite mounds, these termite mounds are the only place in the world to be found, not just in Litchfield park but in the north of the Northern Territory. They build very narrow mounds so that when the sun is at its hottest right above it shines on the least area of the mound, pretty clever hey? There were hundreds of them and they seemed to be in pockets scattered here and there. We also saw what are called cathedral termite mounds they are huge and very old. All very fascinating.

All the water holes were lovely my favourite being Buleys rockhole people were swimming in these rock holes as they cascaded down the rocks. I felt at ease watching as I felt no crocodile could get here and with all the rock around its unlikely they would bother. As this area is crocodile country I am very wary. But this place was just lovely and everyone was enjoying the cool water as it was a very hot day.

We did not spend too long at each place as we wanted to show Michelle as much as possible. There were waterfalls with water holes to swim in, unfortunately none of us had bought swimmers so did not get in. I would not have anyway I am not that brave, yes the water holes have been checked for crocs but what if one slipped in just after inspection?? No thank you! Wangi falls was lovely and everyone was enjoying their swim, we walked around the boardwalk for prime view of the falls and spotted the millions of bats hanging in the trees, yuk!

We also visited Tolmer falls and Florence falls they were all lovely, a couple we could not get down to as it was too far to be walking down and then to get back up again but we got a good view of everything from where we stood. Michelle, Jock and Emma did go closer to a couple but I stayed at the top.

We had a great day and wished we had longer there. There is a campsite near to it so I think on any return trip to this area we will camp there and really explore the surroundings.