Leichhardt Falls NW QLD

We left Normanton and headed west. We stopped at Camp 119 which is the site of Burke and Wills most northern camp, they never fully made their destination of the Gulf, and in heading south again from this camp is when they both perished. We laughed as we travelled further along the Savannah Way, which is a main tourist route from Cairns to Broome – Aidan summed it up perfectly when he asked at one stage if we had taken a wrong turn, as it looked like we were heading up a driveway, thank goodness we didn’t come face to face with a road train on that stretch of road. We also passed what looked just like a cemetery, but it was all ant hills.

We thought we would just stop and have a look at Leichhardt Falls while we travelled towards Lawn Hill National Park. But as soon as we pulled up at the falls we found our campsite for the night. It was a beautiful spot to camp (a number of other travellers that day agreed with us too) and we believe we got the pick of spots to camp there. We are of course in croc country so we couldn’t just jump in the river and swim but we were able to have a splash in the rock pools above the falls. The boys meet a couple of other kids their age and enjoyed time with them, followed by 5 star dining on the cliff looking at the falls. All cooks on “Master Chef” would have been envious of our kitchen this night! Don’t find many kitchens with a view like that.