Darwin - Day 3

Today was loads of fun! We booked a one-day tour through Litchfield Day Tours. An early start, so we had a chocolate croissant and instant :( coffee before meeting the tour bus at the ungodly hour of 6:45am.

We met our tour guide, Patrick (Pat) who, with his long hair and bushy beard, was a fair dinkum local! He entertained us all day with his never-ending yarn about the local population and area.

Our first stop was at the Litchfield National Park to see Cathedral and Magnetic termite mounds - here's Pat standing next to a Cathedral termite mound teaching us city-folk things we didn't know!

Pat explaining the ins and outs of cathedral termite mounds

And here's a picture of the magnetic termite mounds... (these are live ones - you can see that by the saw- tooth tops - one of the many things I learnt today)

Magnetic Termite Mounds

From here we set off for the Wangi Falls. Very impressive, and must be even more so during the wet season (which we have just missed). We swam in the rock pool at the bottom of the waterfall - and yes - I was brave enough to take the plunge! Very glad I did - bit chilly at first, but very refreshing.

Wangi Falls

Relaxing in the rock pool below Wangi Falls

We had lunch at Florence Falls - more beautiful scenery and nice, healthy sandwiches - NO SWIMMING :)

Florence Falls - Warning!

Florence Falls

Lunch at Florence Falls

After lunch - an afternoon swim at Buley Rock Hole. Yep - that's me bravely swimming again! Note: Wangi Falls and Buley Rock Holes are the only places in Darwin you can safely swim without turning into a tasty croc meal! 

Wallowing at Buley Rock Hole

The afternoon was spent on the Adelaide River watching those crocs mentioned above, and realising why you wouldn't want to spend any time in their territory! We saw many crocs in the river - would hate to have fallen off the boat...

Crocs - they may be fierce, but they are pretty dumb too!

How's that for a set of choppers - he seriously needs a toothbrush!

To put a cherry on top of the cake, we spent the last part of the day indulging in prawns and champagne - watching the sunset and chatting to our new friends. Well worth the money - highly recommended tour!

Delicious - Prawns and Champagne at Sunset

End of a perfect day