Litchfield National Park Batchelor

After a bad nights sleep cause of the fresh water croc's splashing about &growling next to camp we spent a day out at the world famous Litchfield national park. first stop was Buley's rock hole after that was 4 k return walk to Florence falls. (most people drove between the 2. not us the boss said walk) Next stop wasTolmer falls and after that …

4th - 11th April 2012

Darwin

As soon as we arrived in Darwin it felt as though our faces might melt and run down our heads! Luckily they didnt but we smelt a bit by the time we had carried our backpacks to our dorm.

Darwin itself was quite a small place, most of the shops were located within 2 blocks of our hostel and …

We decided to stay for another night at the Batchelor caravan park just outside Litchfield National Park so we had to drive a little to get there.

Our first stop was the Magnetic Termite Mounds that are thin wedged mounds and aligned the same north-south way - different from the cathedral termite mounds. We stopped at a waterfall called …

I tried my best to sleep on that 4 hour flight to Darwin but just couldn't get comfortable - not a promising sign considering we were getting a 07:10 pickup that day. It being a domestic flight meant we only needed to go through baggage claims and were out into the incredibly humid heat during the early hours of the morning. Heat like that, long …

Our flight to Darwin was delayed so we were so tired as the delay lasted all night so it was mid morning by time we arrived in Darwin.The first thing we noticed was how spread out everything was, so much space. Also the Aboriginals just wondering the street. Most of them just drank alcohol all day and walked around like zombies.The soil was red and …

Sunday 1^st April 2012

Daily verse

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation." Romans 5:3-4

Departed:- Adelaide River
Distance Travelled …

While Sam was with us, we booked a Litchfield Safari with Bruno in his big yellow F truck which he calls a bus! Bruno lives here in the Shady Glen during the dry season and runs 4 trips a week out to Litchfield NP.

The day we went started out quite cool by Darwin standards. We needed jackets on in the open bus to prevent oversized …

Arriving at 4am and not getting into our room until 11am we were knackered, the day was a bit of a right off to be honest. We did go for a walk about and take in the place but we were like zombies. It was nice to be back in the western world although the price of everything made us realise how cheap Asia really was. We spent a day down at the town …

... ! We then had lunch before going onto an aboriginal tour where we were all welcomed to the country (including Kakadu and Litchfield) by this aboriginal guy spitting water onot each of our foreheads and saying what sounded like - Kookookoo. Basically it ...

Litchfield National Park is the lesser known of Darwins parks and is somewhat overshadowed by big brother Kakadu. This helps with some of the attractions being less patronized and offering more privacy (not that the Northern Territory actually has a ...

... ! Puis je rejoins Jéni devant le supermarché: on fait le plein... Et nous voilà parties! Nous quittons Darwin, direction Litchfield National Park. Nous empruntons alors la Stuart Highway. Jéni vient du New Jersey. Elle habite à 30 min en train de ...

... and I left Darwin on Sunday in search of some beautiful waterfalls - and find them we did.  We headed into Litchfield Park and straight to Wangi Falls (after seeing some pretty crazy termite mounds - they grow in a particular direction to ...

... po 9-tej, potem sniadanie, kawa no I "juz" przed poludniem bylismy na szlaku. Dzisiaj zwiedzalismy polnocna strone Litchfield National Park. Nie wiem jak to opisac, to trzeba po prostu zobaczyc I przezyc!!!!! Pieknie, dziko, klimatycznie. Chce sie ...

... Okay, what else have I been doing .. Chris was sick Monday so decided to close the farm, so us wwoofers headed to Litchfield national park for the day and swam and swam in the many beautiful swiming holes. It rained, which was awesome, becuase it meant ...

While our fridge cooled its heels in Darwin, we headed out of town to Litchfield National Park equipped with an Esky. Simon and Carrie previously visited Kakadu while Hilary was in the womb. Our itinerary is looking a little tight, so this time we ...

We packed up and left Darwin and drove straight down to Litchfield National Park. We stopped to look at the magnetic termite mounds on the way in, which are quite fascinating. It's amazing to see all these mounds lined up in the same direction! We ...

... .  I'm very glad I studied them and I hope you’ve learned something too. ______________________________________________________ I got this information from talking to the litchfield ranger and Junior Ranger Review No 2 2007 (here). ...

We decided to stay for another night at the Batchelor caravan park just outside Litchfield National Park so we had to drive a little to get there. Our first stop was the Magnetic Termite Mounds that are thin wedged mounds and aligned the same ...