We ended up close to our original site and backing onto the pool again. We met some nice people heading north to Darwin and enjoyed afternoon drinks with them on Sunday evening. Monday saw the Ransleys rejoin us at Adelaide River. Had a nice baked ham dinner to celebrate.
Took an easy day on Tuesday as the Ransleys got organized from their trip. We walked down to the War Cemetery again in the afternoon. Very quiet this time and we took some time to read some of the grave stones. Very moving!
Wednesday morning we got an early start and the four of us headed into Litchfield National Park. We wanted to revisit some of our favorite spots from our last trip. Buley Rock Hole was our first stop and luckily we were there before the crowds showed up. We enjoyed jumping into the Rock Hole at the top for quite a bit of time on our own. Lots of fun!
From there we drove down to Florence Falls where we walked down into the plunge pool at the bottom. Was getting pretty busy as the bus tours started showing up. We had a swim before taking a different walk back to the car park. We found a nice quiet pool near the car park where we had a nice cool down by ourselves before loading into the car again.
Last stop was Wangi Falls where we enjoyed our picnic lunch before another swim. Was very busy here but beautiful. Seemed like there was a lot more water in all of the locations we visited in Litchfield which was nice to see. We were a tired bunch by the time we returned to our campground in late afternoon. Great day!
Thursday morning we got up early and headed South about 100 Km to Pine Creek. We checked into the Pine Creek Railway Resort. This is another beautiful small caravan park. The sites are limited and only a few large enough for our van but we managed to get one of the large sites. Nicely maintained and clean park. Ensuite Toilets were clean but hot. 3.5 Stars for these ones. The Railway Resort is a bit of a themed building and quite intriguing. The pool was small but beautiful with the nicest surroundings of any pools so far on our trip. A tad on the cool side the day we were there though.
After checking in and setting up we had a quick lunch before heading off to explore Umbrawarra Gorge. This was a new exploration site for us that I had seen at the Katherine Info Centre. It's located about 25 KM West of Pine Creek on a dirt 4WD road. That being said the road was in great condition and we could have easily taken our vans into the campground located at the Gorge. Maybe next time.
The Gorge was definitely worth the visit. The walk is quite easy for the first bit but ends up with quite a bit of rock hopping. We found a place where we could have a swim to cool off. The water was still flowing but would be getting stagnant shortly. Our legs were aching a bit when we finished. Good fun though! We also stopped at the Pine Creek Lookout which overlooks the surrounding area and a large open pit mine which has been filled with water. Enjoyed a refreshing swim in the pool upon our return to the caravan park.
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