You can enter Litchfield from the north nearer to Darwin or the south through Batchelor (formally known at Rum Jungle). A little shout out to my uncle here. His sister, my mother, used to threaten to take him to Rum Jungle and leave him there. It's not as bad and scary as you might think Uncle. (I'm hoping I've allayed his childhood fears.)
Wangi Wangi Falls is the national park run campground but we pulled in to the last site at 11am. Once again, if you want a site, you've got to think and act like a grey nomad. Pack your van and head off at 5am to ensure a site.
Wangi Wangi Falls is accessible from the campground and day carpark. We happened to be there over the Darwin long weekend and watched as cars circled the campground in the hope of scoring a site. Sadly many campers also took the opportunity to light their own campfires despite warnings not to do so.
We swam at Wangi a few times over the weekend and met a lovely ex-Darwin family with grown up children who had travelled extensively through Australia when their kids were young. They are now grown up and fondly reminisce about those times. They were visiting Wangi and, more significantly, Giants Pocket because it was a place their son wanted to see again. It's not nearly as big as he remembers.
We hope that when our children think back on the adventures we've shared together they also think fondly of them.
Florence Falls walk includes about 130 stairs right down to the bottom of the falls. It was a beautiful beit challenging walk but there were barely any complaints from the little people. P did come a cropper and landed on her back after slipping from a large rock. She was as brave as could be but it gave her and I a shock.
One morning before breakfast the kids and I did the walk from Wangi Wangi up to the lookout at the top. We loved looking out through the treetops and J and the kids repeated the whole loop later in the day.
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