BACHELOR (LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK)

50 year old termite mound

Ben at the Lost City - climbing as usual!

Tess and Beth at the Lost City, Litchfield

Bridget holding up the Lost City

An angel asleep at Buley Rockholes

Having fun in the water at Buley Rockholes

Even Mummy in the water at Buley

Tessie having a splash

DAY 26 – BATCHELOR (LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK)                                       Thursday, 28^th July

Today we were a bit slow off the mark but managed to see the Termite Mounds, one of which was over five metres tall and probably more than 50 years old!  Astonishing!  Then off to “The Lost City” which is a group of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which really do look like old ruins of a city.  It really is quite eerie!  The kids loved exploring all the nooks and crannies and Ben just loves climbing as far as he possibly can.

We had lunch on the road before getting to Buley Rockhole which is a series of rockholes then waterfalls into the next rockhole, down through a gorge.  Just absolutely stunning.  Each rockhole was slightly different and the kids loved exploring each and sliding down some of the smaller waterfalls.  The weather was just beautiful and the rockholes have water so clear you can see to the bottom, except when the rockhole is incredibly deep.  Some are more than 4 metres deep!

After a couple of hours there we came home for some journal writing and R & R!  Very quiet until the kids went off scootering and the boy next door came off his and split open his chin.  Three stitches needed.  Unbelievably good service.  Down to the medical centre in Batchelor, three minutes away, pick up a phone at the door which automatically rings the nurse who arrives at the medical centre within 5 minutes.  She opened up the medical centre which looked exactly like a casualty department in the manner in which it was fitted out.  Three stitches, two injections, antibiotics and panadol later and he was back – all free of charge!!  If we had been at home, we would have sat in Frankston emergency for four hours with that!

Just going to bed when I realise I think my watch fell out at Buley Rockhole.  Easy to lose things when you are packing up and unpacking so often.  But just a great day which the kids really loved.