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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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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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