The road itself from Katherine towards Darwin is quite boring, but has some amazing places to stop. We had heard that Douglas Hot Springs (a couple of hundred klms south of Darwin) was nice, and it certainly was. The quiet bush camp was located right at the springs. The springs themselves were very hot in places, but flowed into a cool creek, so you could really choose your water temperature according to where you swam. And, of course, the water was crystal clear. The whole experience was topped off nicely by us meeting a really nice family from the Mornington Peninsula while we were there, making a gang of kids to drift with the currents together.
Next stop was at a favourite from our previous visit to the NT, Litchfield National Park. Buley Rock Holes lived up to the kids' expectations. Amazing rock pools, one after another down the hill. Plenty of jumping, bombing and swimming. That evening we stayed at Wangi Falls. I'm running out of adjectives here, but another fantastic swimming place where you can swim across a large pool and dive under the falls. After working up the courage, we took it in turns to swim across under the heavy cascade of water and be washed across the pool - great fun.
From Litchfield it was a few hours to our next stop - to see Lisa's dad and Ruth at Corroboree Billabong.
Photos below are-
1-3: Douglas Hot Springs
4-7: Buley Rock Holes at Litchfield NP
8-10: Wangi Falls at Litchfield
11: Bower Bird nest at Litchfield
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