Litchfield National Park - N.T.

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We headed up to Litchfield National Park which is just south of Darwin for a night to check out the waterfalls in the area. There were a number of waterfalls that we were unable to get because the roads are still closed from the wet season, but we did get to visit 3 waterfalls which were open; Florence Falls, Wangi Falls and Tolmer Falls. We enjoyed a swim at the base of Florence Falls in the crystal clear water, and were able to swim right up under the falling water which was great fun. Of course Jaime, Aidan and Cody were straight up a cliff face to a spot where you could jump off into the water and a great deal of time was spent leaping through the air again.

Wangi Falls has another beautiful swimming hole but due to the large wet season the area was closed to swimming until they could give the all clear that there were no stray Saltwater Crocs. We enjoyed the loop walk up over the top of the falls through the rainforest area, where there were lots of little streams running next to or under the path. The interesting thing was the water in the streams was very warm. 

The final falls we visited was Tolmer falls, where they no longer allowed swimming but this time it was due to the fact there are 2 bat species that live there which are near extinction.  On leaving Litchfield National Park we stopped to see the Magnetic Termite mounds. These were really interesting as they are always constructed plate shaped mounds on a north south axis so that they can capture the morning sun to warm the mound. While here Cody decided to do a “Planking” photo on another termite mound!