Litchfield National Park, NT

Today we set out to explore more of this National park. 

We began with a 1.6km loop walk at Tolmer Falls. Unfortunately there is no access to the gorge or the water as it is home to protected species of bats. The views were lovely from both lookout platforms.

Next we came to Greenant Creek. This 2.7km return walk followed the creek through the Monsoon Forest. Then the track took us through the drier Savanna Woodlands. 

We eventually reached the Tjaetaba Falls where we cooled down in the natural ‘infinity’ pool. 

Our next adventure took us along a 4wd track to Sandy Creek Falls. It wasn’t a long drive, just 9km from the turnoff, but it was slow going, starting with a deep and long creek crossing. We aired down the tyres and Buster in 4wd… I wasn’t going to get out into the water here with possible salties around. 

There was plenty of low branches and narrow sections but we made it to the falls Carpark. 

It was a relatively easy 1.7km/30mins walk to the falls and the lovely refreshing pool which certainly brought down the core temperature. 

Cycads on the hillside

On our way back out we went to have a look at the Blyth Homestead Ruins. There was once again a fairly long and deep creek crossing to get in there. 

The hut was built in 1928 by the Sergeant family and was only abandoned in the 1960’s. It seemed like quite a difficult environment to live in. There was a book with lots of historical stories to read. The March flies were biting so we didn’t stay long. 

Spotted some huge termite mounds along the road too 

Back on the bitumen it was only another 8km to the Wangi campsite arriving there at 3pm. We have booked #13 for a couple of nights ($30pn). It was time for a cold beer…

 later we ventured 500m to the Wangi Falls for a dip in the cool waters…

Trying out some outside cooking due to the heat inside Buster