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4WD
tracks & unsealed roads in Litchfield National
Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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Nestled in an
open valley, luxuriant with paperbarks, relax
and enjoy the usually un-crowded plunge pool.
Camping is available
with toilet and shower facilities.
During the wet
season the road will be subject to closure.
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Reynolds
River 4WD Track to Tjaynera Falls at Sandy Creek
Litchfield
Rd to Daly River Rd (4WD) : The 4WD track travelling
North-South through the park has a number of
creek crossings. This track is closed during
the wet. If you are planning to travel this
road through it is recommended that you check
if a snorkel is required for the Reynolds
River.
The road accesses some idyllic camp grounds
and attractive uncrowded waterfalls such as
Tjaynera & Surprise Creek Falls. This road also
has an amazing magnetic termite field that lasts
for many kilometers and offers an eerie cemetery
type landscape. Travel time is 3.5 hours one
way not including stops.
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4WD
Track - from Litchfield Park Road to Daly River
Road
From Sandy
Creek (campsite app 2klm away), the 4WD
track continues with a few rather steepish creek
crossings (water crossings make sure you have
a 4WD and snorkel) to the Reynolds River and
then back to the crocodile country and now your
around halfway between Daly River and the Stuart
Highway.
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Greenant Creek
– 4WD accessible areas via
Greenant
Creek Walk through rainforest to another
attractive plunge pool.
Typically un-crowded
(start at the bridge across Greenant Creek),
approx 2.7kms return, 1.5hrs duration, level
(moderate, however steep in sections)
To the Tjaetaba
Falls adjoining Greenant Creek in Litchfield
National Park.
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The approach
road is only a unsealed single lane track and
that leads past numerous termite hills and low
lying bushlands with an occassional inquisitive
frilled Necked Lizard looking on.. The track
into this section is very rocky and uneven and
considered by us as very rough so allow plenty
of time to get there and look out for oncoming
driver's.
The Lost City
can be access by horseback, trail bike, mountain
bike or to the hardy bushwalker.
Only people
experienced in handling 4WD vehicles in uneven
terrain should consider attempting the track
to the Lost City,
and their vehicle will need plenty of ground
clearance due to high rock ledges and sandbank
drifts. The track starts wide as in the photo's
we took but narrows and one-way for the most
part then on. You'll need to watch for oncoming
vehicles and be prepared to pull off the track
to let them pass.
After visiting
the Lost City try some bush walking, swimming
and relaxing around the surrounding plunge pools
below the magnificent Florence, tolmer and Wangi
Falls of Litchfield Park. Beyond the lost City
are sandstone blackened weathered escarpments
and black soil plains, occupied by numerous
incredible magnetic
termite mounds, Then in patches with contrast
of pockets of monsoonal rainforests. Other remote
locations accessible on four wheel drive tracks
are Tjaynera Falls (Sandy Creek), the road to
Blyth Homestead accessible on four-wheel drive
tracks.
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Blyth Homestead
- 4WD accessible.
Built by the
Sargent family in 1929 abandoned in the early
1960s, the Blyth
Homestead, which was also the location of
an old tin mine now a ruin, stands as a reminder
of the tough conditions faced by the pioneers
in remote areas. This home was eventually sold
by the second owners to the Territory Government
to become part of Litchfield National Park in
1985. Standing before the home, you can appreciate
the tough conditions faced by the pioneers in
remote areas. It has recently been restored,
and an interpretive display presents the trials
and tragedies of this remote site. Only carpark
facilities.
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In Darwin we have
companies that offers newer Prado's which seats
7 and can tow a 4WD camper trailer. or you may
just want to hire some camping gear off the friedliest
chap 'Mal' around.
See here for details
http://www.carand4wdhireaustralia.com/
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Adds
By Australia 4 Wheel
Drive Rentals
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About
Litchfield National Park in Northern Territory
Australia
It
also features numerous waterfalls which cascade
from a sandstone plateau called the Tabletop Range,
intriguing magnetic termite mounds, historical
sites, and the weathered sandstone pillars of
the Lost City.
How
To Get To Litchfield National Park
Near
Batchelor, 100 km south-west of Darwin, the Park
is generally accessible all year (sealed roads)
via Batchelor. In the dry season it is also possible
to get to the Park via Cox Peninsula Road (which
is unsealed).
When
To Visit Litchfield National Park
This
Park is spectacular at any time, though most 4WD
tracks are closed during the wet season. Some
swimming areas such as Wangi Falls, become unsafe
after heavy rain and are closed for swimming but
kiosk and picnic facilities remain open.
What
To See And Do In Litchfield National Park
There
are many camping areas located throughout the
Park, as well as picnic areas and bushwalking
tracks. Some waterholes are safe to swim in.
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