Day Five - Litchfield

After searching in vain for a big python that had been spotted the previous morning we set off on the longish drive to Litchfield National park. Litchfied park has a much more plentiful water supply than Kakadu so the waterfalls were much more impressive to look at...

First stop was Buley rock hole, which had lots of small cascading waterfalls and plunge pools. We
also saw a big lizard sitting by the edge of a pool.  Again, there was lots of swimming.  It is a lot closer to Darwin than Kakadu and so there were lots more people here which was a bit of a shock to the system!!!  Apparently, we were lucky to be there on a Friday and not at the weekend which is meant to be manic!

Florence Falls were the next stop. These falls were very impressive from the top. On the walk down to the bottom we saw little rock wallabies sitting in the rocks. Then at the bottom, the obigatory refreshing dip in the plunge pool..

The final water fall of the day was Wangi Falls. Here we went for a nice circular 30min walk through the forest to the top of the falls and back again. This time we did not have a swim as we ran out of time and had to start the drive back to Darwin

On the way back to Darwin, we stopped off to look at some meridian termite mounds (also known as magnetic termite mounds). They are pointed exactly north - south to help keep the mounds at a constant temperature as the termites need a specific temperature to survive.

After a couple of hours drive we arrived back to Darwin again after a great few days travelling around in the outback.  Following a lovely warm shower and change of clothes which we more definately needed, we headed out for a steak and beer for dinner :-)