Along the Stuart Highway between Katherine and Darwin is Litchfield National Park. It's popular in the dry season because it only has freshwater crocodiles rather than the deadly salties that are at Kakadu National Park.

We had a photocopied map of the 1500 sq km area with points of interest labelled. We couldn't fit everything in during our two day visit so chose to see the termite mounds and picked out four of the best sounding waterfalls.

Our first stop was the termite mounds. We have seen thousands of termite mounds, they scatter the side of the outback roads like dog muck in the UK. However, these mounds were special. There were two enormous 'cathedral' shaped ones about eighteen feet high, glowing yellowy orange in the sunlight. A short distance away were a couple of fields of grey 'magnetic' mounds. These are made by a different species of termite. The mounds are flatter as they are built north to south in order to get more sun in the early and later part of the day and less around noon - this helps equalise the temperature.

Next on our list was Florence Falls. From the lookout at the top we saw water falling over the high cliffs to a large pool below, it was rather pretty and tranquil and reminded me of the waterfall in the film Cocktail. We made our way down to the pool, passing a couple of rock wallabies on the way (not so cute as the agile variety we'd seen in Katherine). The peaceful setting we saw from above was quite the opposite below. It was packed with families picnicking and splashing around in the water. We stayed only a few minutes before starting a walk along a creek through the shaded forest and then onto Buley Rockhole. Although a little hot and humid for Richard the walk was pleasant and it was great to stretch our legs a little after sitting in the car for three days that week.

At Buley Rockhole the water cascaded down over different levels and each level had a different depth - from just a few inches to 10 meters in one part. It was quite a picturesque sight. I took my sweaty trainers off and stood in the water to cool my feet down. There were various people relaxing in the crystal clear water, others diving off the cliff into the deep rockhole. It was hard to get your head round the fact the hole was so deep because from certain angles it looked like a shallow stream flowing over rocks.

Our final stop for the day was Tolmer Falls as we were hot and worn out. These falls were disappointing as there was only a trickle of water so we headed to the campsite for a nice cold beer!

At night the wallabies came out and on my trip to the toilet I must have seen about six, making my wallaby spotting total up to well over sixty - I'm definitely wallabied out now!

The next morning we went to Wangi Falls which would be our last stop in Litchfield Park.. There were two waterfalls going into a large pool where people were having a morning swim. We started the boardwalk around the falls and as we got into the forest the noise from animals got really loud. I saw a couple looking up at the trees and there to my pleasant surprise were hundreds of Flying Foxes hanging upside down. They looked really silly! I was so happy as I'd missed out seeing them when we were at Cape York Peninsula. We stood around for a while looking at them and taking photos. Two flew off and you could see their massive wing spans.

We still haven't seen any crocodiles, will have to wait until we get to Kakadu where hopefully we'll see a Saltie!

Katy