Litchfield National Park is only 115 km south of Darwin and while not as large as Kakadu it has lush rainforests and waterfalls which cascade off a sandstone plateau into pools which are safe to swim in and croc free at this time of the year. We spent 2 days there and visited the 3 main falls and swam in Buley Rockhole. It has been very hot and sticky and swimming has been at the top of our agenda. The park is also well known for its magnetic termite mounds. These clever creatures build mounds which are up to 2 metres tall and stand in a north-south orientation which gives them an inbuilt temperature control as only one surface is exposed to the sun at any time. The termites move from side to side depending on the heat of the day!
We are presently back in Katherine for 2 days and last night caught up with Tony C, a previous work colleague of L, whom he hadn’t seen for about 15 years. Tomorrow morning we leave for Kununurra so it’s a long drive west but we gain 1.5 hours.
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