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Lost
City in Litchfield National Park, Northern
Territory, Australia
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To
find the Lost City road access click on the map.
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The
Lost City – 4WD only check road conditions.
The
Lost City, Litchfield National Park Free entry
The Lost City is a spectacular sight, but the
track into this section is extremely rocky and
rough, and only people experienced in handling
four-wheel-drive vehicles should attempt the journey
to the Lost City. The only facilities is a car
park.
The
Lost City is a collection of rock formations that
have left behind as the softer sandstone cap of
the table top range eroded away. The Lost City
became famous with the old wagon road used by
early pioneers passing through this rock formation.
The last couple of kms of the current road follow
the old wagon road that joined the homestead of
Stapleton Station near Adelaide River to the outstation
(Blyth Homestead).
How
to get there - 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 - This Park is spectacular at any
time, though most 4WD tracks are closed during
the wet season. Generally open from May to November,
and admission is free.
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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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The
Lost City is a natural formation narrow passages
and domes of freestanding sandstone rocks.
Formed from rentless wet seasons rains and storms
over millions of years.
One
glance and you wonder who who built and many of
the formations resemble middle eastern hill towns
or ruins of medival cities.
Every
one see the formations differently. It;'s the
size of a small village and be careful to get
your bearing as you venture thru the narrow alleys
and pages between the rock formations.
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There
are three known Lost Cities icons in Northern
Territory, Australia.
-
Lost City in Litchfield
National Park
- Lost
City at Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park.
Visitors can take a four-hour walk to these
unusual rock formations along a track off the
main road in the Watarrka National Park, 330km
southwest of Alice Springs.
- Lost
City at Cape Crawford, about 250km from the
Queensland border and 150km inland from the
east coast. Here, sandstone pillars rise 25m
from the ground, in stark contrast to the surrounding
landscape. The only way to see this Lost City
is by helicopter. You can do a two-hour tour,
which includes a 1.5km walk around the Lost
City, or take a scenic flight.
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Blyth
Homestead
- 4WD accessible.
Access to the homestead is by four wheel drive
only. Accessible via an 7.5 to 10.5 km four wheel
drive track that becomes rather difficult as you
approach the this rock formation.
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Example: The road will be subject to closure during
Wet Season.
Warning
many 4WD hire companies do not allow hires permission
to access Lost City in Litchfield with their vehicles.
Please see us at www.australia4wheeldriverentals.com
for those rentals that do.
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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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