We left our very friendly freecamp on Saturday and stopped briefly in the pretty town of Adelaide River to walk through Australia's largest war cemetery, where so many rest from the Japanese bombings in Darwin during WW2. What struck me the most was the young age of most, between 19 and 25. Very heart breaking.
Later, after taking a bit too long to reverse into our campsite, we settled in at Litchfield National Park for a few days. Our site was at Wangi Falls Campground, only a short walk to the magnificent Wangi Falls. We swam here for most of the afternoon, and although the water was freezing to jump into, it was great once in. We swam over to feel the force of the falls and swam back again. A gorgeous spot. We can actually hear the falls at our caravan!
On Sunday, we decided to head to the Cascades, and after the particularly tricky walk over rocks and creek crossings, we were treated to some beautiful scenes of cascading water over flat rocks creating many small rockpools to dip in...still cold, but gorgeous! Curtain Falls is also in this spectacular spot.
We went on after lunch to yet another swimming spot, Buley Waterhole, a place we had swum in 5 years before on a short Darwin trip, a popular spot with many cascading rockpools and waterfalls, natures spa! We spent the rest of the afternoon here playing and relaxing in the pools and falls. On the way back to our site, we stopped at the spectacular Florence Falls, giant twin falls tumbling into a monsoon forest plunge pool below. Awesome!
On our final morning we stopped to check out the huge cathedral and magnetic termite mounds in Litchfield area! They have been getting larger as we travel further north and these are definately the largest!
The showers and lights at the campground are not so spectacular, running on solar, so you are lucky to get anything warm after 7pm! They also do a lot of controlled burning around here early in the dry season, so be prepared to be smoked out at times! We have had an awesome time here though, with amazing natural sights and experiences! We loved Litchfield! Another outstanding little bit of creations' paradise!
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