Litchfield NP

From Nitmiluk Gorge to Edith Falls for a swim. From here it wasn’t far to Litchfield National Park where we found that all the campsites had been booked months in advance by campers much more organised than us. Following a well-established Australian precedence, we proclaimed Terra Nullius on an unoccupied site we liked at Florence Falls and then declared it ours at dark. No one turned up so no problems except for the family from hell next door: "Cooper, you know it's not nice to hit your sister with the shovel, say sorry mate. Ethan, don't light the beautiful Paper Bark trees with your fire-stick..." And so on till late at night.
Superb morning walk to Florence Falls and Wangi Falls before a coffee at a great little Cafe in the bush and then on to Darwin avoiding a lot of wallabies wanting to play Death By Ute. So many cars, so many people, so many traffic lights! Andrew serviced the ute ready for the trip home in the Repco carpark before we arrived at our lovely apartment overlooking Darwin Harbour. A soft bed, a hot shower, cold beer, food not cooked over campfire - we will adapt for a few days I'm sure!Read more