Litchfield has some beautiful waterfalls and swimming spots – all very (read way too) popular. We stopped at Florence Falls where cars had filled up all the parking spots for trailers, so we took the bus parking spot. This was not a good sign for a quite dip in the pools. Because then the bus arrived!

It’s only a short walk down to the pool in the pic above, and we swam over and got pummelled under the falls. There’s also a crazy guy in the photo jumping off the top of the falls.
Below is a not so crazy Harry (umm….) where we went swimming.

We moved on to Buley Rockhole just a few kilometres away, where the car park was also full. Another Bad Sign. It’s a series of cascading waterfalls connected to Florence Falls by a walking track through a monsoon forest.
Unfortunately it was super packed here:

Litchfield NP is only 90 minutes’ drive from Darwin, so it gets a lot of local day trippers. Add to that that is was a Sunday, and no school the next day, and you know you won’t be having a wilderness experience here.
The camping sites were all full, so we camped just outside the National Park. Unfortunately the mosquitos followed me there, and have made another well planned assault on me.