Day 63 – Litchfield National Park

It was great to have the time for a slow start this morning and everyone was in a good mood, excited to explore waterfalls and waterholes!

The first stop for the day was Wangi Falls, a gorgeous setting with two huge waterfalls cascading either side of the gorge plunge pool.

One thing that did freak us out was seeing a water monitor swim past everyone as we initially thought it was a snake. But then we saw a second one sunning itself and it all made sense.

As we arrived relatively early, there weren’t too many people there and everyone started swimming out. Jazzy was a bit scared at first, but then pushed herself to overcome her fear and swam all the way out to the waterfall by herself – we were so proud of her! Scarly jumped on my back in a ring and holding on to my neck and we also joined the others on the other side. There was a cool little nook in the cliff face with a lovely, warm plunge pool. Everyone was enjoying sitting there and warming up before making the swim back across the gorge.

What a truly beautiful and memorable experience!

Then we went on a little hike to the tree tops and enjoyed the view from the top. Scarly really should have stayed back as I ended up carrying her the whole way, but this girl just won’t leave my side on the trip, so we are permanently glued together…

After a quick bite to eat we were off to the next wonderful place – Walker Creek swimming holes. There was a short walk in and then a series of plunge pools connected by mini waterfalls. It was a great place to cool off as it was getting really hot now.

There was jumping and swimming and lots of fun before we headed back to our campsite.

Back at camp, the afternoon was spent relaxing, the boys watched their Sunday footy and we had a cheeseboard, whilst the girls spent yet more time in the pool. All in all, everyone had a great time.