Litchfield National Park

Is this heaven on earth???

The mist coming off this waterfall was so refreshing on a very hot day!

Zach and Emma cannot resist jumping into the billabong!


The last full day in Australia we drove down to Litchfield National Park. After all the fun we had at Kakadu, we wanted to see another park instead of shopping and we're glad we did. A few days before, the paper had reported that a women was attacked by a crocodile at this park and pulled into the water. Her husband had jumped on the croc's back and poked it's eyes and it released her with minor injuries. The park had signs posted throughout that either said pay attention for crocodiles or simply that a particular area was closed. We felt we would be safe as long as we followed the signs posted. Our very first stop was a a beautiful waterfall with a rushing creek at the bottom. There was lots of swimmers in the water. It made me a little nervous and we had not brought any swimsuits anyway, assuming that it would not be safe. But boy it looked like fun. We went on to several other waterfalls, termite mounds and cliffs and as the day got hotter and hotter, I told the kids that if they wanted to stop back at the "billabong" on our way out, we would. They jumped on it and you can see from the pictures that they had a blast. The only reptile we saw was the big lizard that I have posted with the animal pictures. It was a GREAT last day in Australia! I highly recommend this area to anyone thinking about Australia. Most people tend to go to the Gold Coast and the big cities, but the Northern Territory was amazing and definitely worth seeing!