We farewelled Gordon and Kerry as we were leaving to spend the day in Litchfield National Park, and they were driving to Mataranka on the start of their journey home. Branch thought momentarily about hitching a ride with them as a bonnet decoration for the Ram….but bailed at the last minute as he was keen to continue on to Uluru.

It was hard farewelling the Hunters after spending the last 8 weeks together…so many fun memories with them and the Wellzys 😃

Gordie had on the t-shirt he had bought at Mindil Markets the day before…..not sure what he was thinking when he got it as it was not at all descriptive of the wearer (NOT!!!)

We drove off and had not got very far when we had a call from Rosie who was at the threeways…..they had had a great stopoff at Mataranka and Daly Waters Pub before spending the night at Banka Banka. Trev pulled over to speak to her and lo and behold in front of us was a ute with a number plate meant for Gordie….his favourite phrase when describing who he had been chatting to…..😃

We continued on to Litchfield and discovered that quite a few sections of the park were still closed due to the big wet…and you could not swim at Wangi Falls due to the strong current and potential salties still present.

We started out at the Magnetic Termite  mounds – these amazing type of termite build their mounds north/south using the earth’s magnetic field as a guide as they are blind. This building strategy helps keep the mounds cool – these termites are not found anywhere else in the world. We also looked at the huge Cathedral termite mounds.

On to Buley Rockholes… a great place for a swim….

Florence falls….down a flight  of 143 stairs to the huge pool at the base of the falls for a swim…..spectacular….then did the Shady Creek walk back to the car. We ate lunch at Buley Rockholes and had another swim..

Next stop Tolmer Falls Lookout….

Then on to Wangi Falls…very beautiful and full but closed for swimming…a croc trap was evident but no crocs were on show that day.

We left Litchfield and returned to Darwin the other way along an unsealed road..we must have had withdrawals from red dust!! It was strange not having the convoy behind us and the CB banter along the way. We travelled over a really narrow bridge over the Finness River which had only just recently been reopened after the wet….looked like croc country for sure! Rosie would have wanted to stop and take a look for crocs in the wild!!

A grocery and diesel (got it right Gordie) stop and then back to the camp to get organised to leave tomorrow for Kakadu!