Florence Falls

Florence Falls
Originally uploaded by wandering lizard.

Sarah and I escaped Darwin for a day this weekend. We went down to Litchfield National Park for an overnight trip. We had planned to go to Walker Creek (see earlier photos), but that trail was closed because of fires in the area. Instead, we went to Florence Falls. It's a lot more busy than Walker Creek, but it's got some nice country. There is a nice path down to the plunge pool - unfortunately, it is easily accessible to busloads of tourists. We counted 6 busses the morning we left. There was a grassfire in the area, so that might have chased some people away. In fact, the campground was pretty smokey, and we could hear the fire crackling just downhill from us. We walked around at night an found a bunch of interesting wildlife there - short eared rock wallabies, a couple of species of native frog, an interesting little mouse (not a house mouse) and of course a bunch of cane toads. I guess that explains why we didn't see any snakes or qualls. But the falls were impressive, and the fire was really pretty interesting too. It stirred up an incredible cloud of black kites (a common raptor here) - at one point there were hundreds of them circling over the burned area looking for a bit of barbecue.