LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK

It was only a 130 klm trek - firstly we stopped at Batchelor, a place that featured in WW2, we decided to stay just outside the park, they were very switched on gave us a map and advice about roads and the best features.
After setting up - lunch, took off to a concentration of Magnetic Termite mounds, all built north to south for coolness.
We viewed fantastic beautiful waterfalls and rockholes and had a swim, one of the roads into these sights was for 4wheel drive only, John had a wonderful time negotiating it, across creeks wheeee - funn !
Unlike dry Kakadu, Litchfield was a lovely green and pleasant place - as you drove there were all kinds of palms, Kapoch Bush, Cycads, Eucalyptus, grasses some dry some very green on the floodways.
Occasionally a burnt area, looking sad, sometimes it was burnt a couple of seasons ago and in the wet season had started to regenerate and was beautiful in a way. It gave me an insight to the different seasons and why fire here is good for regeneration.
We visited Blyth Homestead a corrugated iron hut where some of the 14 children of the Sargent family who had a cattle station further in, mined for tin. Their descendants had created a record of their very hard life.
Another day another 4 w/drive - wheeee again! The Lost city - made of 4 different kinds of rock in magical shapes, sometimes balancing I know not how. I felt that some could come crashing down at any time - all sorts of weird shapes - basically looking as its name says like a long lost city.
Another swim at Wangi Falls - found a transportable kiosk there - mmm burgers for lunch.
The bats were hanging upside down in the trees there - much hated by people for their odour and mess they create.
We had to move on the next day, but I could have stayed longer and seen and done more.
One thing I want to share with you - I read it on another caravan "NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST" - I love the sentiment.