Today we did the 4wd track down to see a few sights. The first detour to the Lost City was not a bad road, it just had some corrugations. We took the short walk around the rocks making the lost city and it was quite interesting to see all the different shaped rocks.





After driving back to the main road and again taking another 4wd track we shortly reach a water crossing. It was quite long but had a depth marker so we saw we could drive through it fine.

Taking the road into the Blyth Homestead there was a second water crossing, this time without a depth marker. We drove through it anyway and it was just a little deeper than the first crossing. Coming out of the crossing warning lights started to flash on the dash. They went out shortly after but once at the homestead Matt check under the bonnet to find the alternator tensioner bolt snapped causing loose belts. So Matt used some tie wire to do some bush mechanic repairs and we continued with our day. Blyth Homestead was built in 1928 for the Sargent children to live in. They have a book inside giving more information about the family with some interesting stories to read and I think it's a worthwhile place to visit.

The next stop was Sandy Creek. There is camping there which was the least populated one we have seen in Litchfield. Where every other campground was full. There were only a few campers here. A nice campground but the flies were annoying here. We walked 1.7km to the falls which was relatively flat but had so many tripping hazards with rocks and tree roots. The falls were stunning. With the rock colours, greenery on the wall and the clear water, and
a decent amount of water falling it was beautiful. Definitely one of my favourite falls. It wasn’t too crowded either which was great. The water was icy but after a bit of adjustment it was quite nice to swim in.




This was enough for the day but to avoid backtracking for a couple of short visits we continued a bit longer to see Wangi Falls. It is a very short, easy walk and the falls are really nice. We didn’t enjoy this one as much though as there were lots of people here. I was surprised by the massive carpark there and wouldn’t like to be there when it was full. Once again a beautiful place that loses its greatest by being over populated. I did the walk to the treetop platform and it was not worth the effort.


The last stop for the day was Tolmer Falls. You can’t swim here due to the protection of bat species that live here. It is a 400m easy walk to a viewing platform. It was fairly nice but didn’t have a lot of water flowing over the edge but it did have an unique hole in the rock though which made it more interesting.