Day 32 - Litchfield National Park

It was a bit weird this morning with the time difference, we woke at 7am which was really 5:30am so it was a bit like daylight savings for us today.  We drove straight to Litchfield National Park and were pretty happy to be arriving so early as we managed to get a camping spot at Wangi Falls.  This was as close to "free camping" as we could get here, we had to pay a small camping fee but were pretty happy to given we had access to flushing toilets and warm showers.  Who needs them though when your days are spent swimming in the crystal spring water of all the falls in the park???

Soon after we arrived, we walked the 200m to Wangi Falls......wow, no trekking over rocks or fighting off wild snakes to get here, we follow a beautifully concreted path, down to some man made steps and hand rail to enjoy a swim in an enormous natural pool with cascading water falls in the background.  How lovely!!!!

Afterwards, we have lunch and decide to make the most of the rest of the day.  Everything is so close here, we drive the 24 km to Florence Falls on a bitumen road, how cushy!!!  We take the 400m walk down to the falls which also included about 276 steps, yes, great exercise.  This was also a fantastic spot, however, it appeared that half the European population and half the "yahoos" from Darwin, complete with floating esky and getting louder by the minute, also thought it was a pretty great spot.  So after a fairly quick swim, we decided to head onto the Buley Rockholes, which we had been told the kids would love.  Well, they did,the pools were at various levels joined by water falls and they were so deep the kids dived and bombied off them all arvo and loved floating the noodle from the top one down to the bottom.  It was a great spot and certainly the highlight of the day.

On the way home we decided to take the 10.5 km 4WD track out the "The Lost City".  This was a formation of sandstone blocks and majestic pillars formed and weathered by the elements to resemble the ruins of a long lost civilisation.  It was also an opportunity for Dad to get his 4WD fix for the day!!!!

We also popped in to have a quick look at the Tolmer Falls.  Described as one of the most "spectacular falls", however, we were only able to view them from a lookout as there was not swimming allowed in this area.

It was a very big day of sightseeing, everything was so easily accessible, so we could see so much in one day, place the additional light at the end of the day was, for once, an advantage to us.  We went home pretty tired, but excited about planning the next days itinerary.