Lichfield National Park (2 nights)

Next stop was Lichfield National Park, you enter the park from the east via a town called Batchelor, also known as ‘Rum Jungle’ (sounds like heaven). Ok, it’s getting really hot now! But luckily this park has many treats for swimmers at Florence Falls, Buley Rockhole and Wangi Falls.  We ran into the family from Adelaide so compared notes on where we had been since Alice.

As you drive into the park you encounter two varieties of termite mounds, magnetic termite mounds (these little critters have an internal compass that allows them to build their mounds in a north-south alignment so they always have shade) and cathedral termite mounds (tall mounds with ribs, like a buttresses).

The boys and a 5m high Cathedral Termite Mound

More great falls - Wangi Falls