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!