Litchfield national park

Before we were called away from our travels we went through Litchfield National park on our way South from Darwin. Litchfield is smaller than Kakadu and about the same latitude but lies further West. It’s also quite different.

This is where you see the most impressive waterfalls but generally the hikes are fewer and smaller. It’s worth a visit though especially for the bird life. We ended up staying in a caravan park after I couldn’t manoeuvre into the last spot in the cheap park. This place had a board showing all the bird species sighted within the boundaries. It was pretty impressive and at Dawn and Sunset the birdsong was sensational.

The only downside, and it’s not a biggie, was the number of tourists in the billabongs. Because they are easier to get to from the car parks there are plenty of tour buses and most tourists seem to be hanging for a swim. No crocs sighted here but we did see a news item a month or two earlier where a bloke attacked a croc that had grabbed his missus in Litchfield. Luckily he was able to save her but what was really interesting was it was in an assumed croc free area.

Litchfield is well worth a look and marginally cooler than Darwin. An easy place to get some great photos.