Litchfield NP: Part 3

I don't have the resources with me to identify most of the plants growing in Litchfield NP but here are a few of those that I found as we walked in to rock pools and lookouts.

Grevillea

Acacia

Trigger-plant

Blue Argus butterfly

Banksia

Damselfly

Kapok bush

Cathedral Termite mound 

Magnetic Termite mounds

Litchfield NP: Part 1

It was a surprise to me that the reason Litchfield National Park has waterfalls and rock pools (that thousands of tourists each year find so attractive) is that it's a sandstone plateau and water falls. I just hadn't thought it through but it makes sense. The waterfalls continue to run throughout the dry season because the sandstone gradually releases water that it has absorbed during the wet season.

There are many hectares of dry woodland on the plateau but the vegetation along the numerous watercourses is lush and beautiful. In my next blog I'll post some photos of the vegetation but in this blogpost I'm highlighting the waterfalls and rockpools.

Buley Rockhole

Buley Rockhole

Lower Cascade Falls

Florence Falls

Florence Falls

Tolmer Falls

Sign at one of the numerous creek crossings.
Human visitors only swim in designated areas that have been monitored for crocs.

Wangi Falls

Wangi Falls

Wangi Falls at sunset, after all the swimmers have left.

Be Crocwise