Today in my hire car, I had my only ‘serious’ independent travel of this trip. Headed south 110 km to Adelaide River which hosted over 30,000 troops during WW2. Several signs along the highway pointing to old airfields – most at right angles to the highway, but a couple seemed to run alongside the road.
i hadn’t expected to find a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Australia. Appeox 400 service personnel and 34 civilians buried here, dating from the first bombing of Darwin on 19/2/1942 through to 1945.
So then I retraced my route to go into Litchfield National Park, aiming for swimming at a couple of waterfalls. It was further off the highway than I’d anticipated.
First stop Wangi Falls. Big pool. Lovely picnic area. Not as cold as at Jim Jim and I easily made it across to the falls
Then back to Florence Falls – this time parking is at the top of the escarpment so 135 steps down to creek and pool level. A smaller pool but still well worth the effort.
And I got back with only 460km on the car clock. Paying for excess km over 500km so won’t do much driving on the way to the airport tomorrow!
travellingkathy 