Next day we set out to see Walker Falls, which are north of Wangi. As it is only 15km each way we took our bikes. That would have been a great idea, if the was about 15 degrees less. By the time we got to the Walker Falls we were hot, even though it was only 10am, and on the way back in the afternoon we nearly melted. But the Walker Falls are awesome, beautiful place for a cooling dip. Third day we went to see more sights in the park but this time took our car. Pretty much every place you pull up is amazing. We wandered around for a bit but in the afternoon the heat pushed us back to the water again.
The campsite was full every night and every night there were people arriving who couldn’t get in anymore. Our site was way to big for one car so we could fit another little camper in. So every night we offered to share the space with some homeless backpackers and so we were chatting away every night with lovely people.
Both of us absolutely loved Litchfield, it felt like we just spend 4 days in Paradise and it is one of the top highlights of our trip so far.
Puvodne jsme chteli stravit par dni v Katherine a zkusit vyrazit na trek nebo padlovat na reku, ale bohuzel se jim zrovna toulal krokodyl a tak byla cela reka pro verejnost uzavrena. Tak jsem pokracovali smerem na Litchfield a Katherine zkusime cestou na vychod, treba ho mezitim chyti. Poucili jsme se ze zkusenosti a do Litchfieldu jsme dorazili rano a zajistili si mistecko na kempovani. Nasli jsme si prima flek hned u vodopadu Wangi a protoze byl nehoraznej hic, tak jsme rovnou vyrazili na koupacku. Bohuzel v mistnim klima se clovek ve vode sice krasne zchladi, nicmene pote uschne asi za tri a pul minuty a kdyz jsem dosla tech 500m zpatky do kempu, tak uz mi bylo zas desny horko. Tudiz jsme zbytek odpoledne stravili u vodopadu.
Dalsi den jsme se chteli mrknou na vodopady Walker, tak jsme hupsli na kola a vyrazili tech 15km na sever. Nebyl by to spatnej napad, kdyby bylo tak o 15 stupnu celsia min. Takhle jsme se tam doplazili zcela uriceny a to bylo teprv 10 rano. Ospoledni cesta zpatky byla des a nevim jestli je to mozny, ale myslim, ze mi krev dosahla bod varu. Nicmene Walker bylo super mistecko na koupani, kde jsme byli uplne sami. reti den jsme vyrazili omrknout zbytek parku, tentokrat uz ale autem. I tak jsme to museli odpoledne zabalit a uchylit se opet k vode.
Kemp byl kazdou noc plnej a kazdy vecer se nekolik aut uz nedostalo a museli jet shanet nocleh jinam. Nase mistecko bylo dost velky, tak jsme ho pokazdy nabidli mene cestovatelum, na ktere uz nezbylo. Vsichni byli radi, ze nemusi jet buhvikam shanet nocleh a my meli kazdy vecer spolecnost na pokec.
Litchfield jsme si tudiz opravdu uzili a je to rozhodne jedno z nej mist, ktere jsme zatim navstivili.
Wangi Falls
Walker Creek
Florence Falls
On top of Tjaeba Falls
Tolmer Falls
That looks awesome, if it twernt so cold is feel like swimming.
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The only photo missing now is the one of Gordy bathing under the cascading waterfall, with thee sun setting in the distance....
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. I wish I was there....well, maybe not, if it's as hot as you say it is!
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