Today we visited Litchfield National Park. We had been promised much and were not sure it would deliver judging by what we were seeing from the car. First we went to Wangi Falls and even though they were closed to swimmers, we still got to walk around and over the top of the falls. It did not look far, but it was quite a strenuous walk and I kept being surprised by the Golden Orb Spiders that inhabited the cooler parts of the track and steps. Wangi is the “sacrificial” waterhole at Litchfield, the one that has been all done up with steps and hand rails to make it easy to get into the water. This being closed, we should have expected the others to be busy as it was also a public holiday. The Lichfield Café was very quiet save for a few tourists from buses and they were very quiet, this was in stark contrast to the yobbos that followed and passed us as we struggled to get close to Florence Falls. I can only imagine how beautiful this place must be when it is quiet as it resembled Aquarena (our local swimming pool) on a 37 degree summer day in school holidays. Buley Rockhole was a little quieter and more spread out and we were delighted by the water monitor (big lizard) that sat on his elevated rock above the water hole and observed the space that was most obviously his.
The kids had a round of mini golf whilst Keith and I tried to cool down in the shade of the van. Dinner at the local pub and a game of cards back at the van was a very relaxing way to end the day.
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