Litchfield National Park - part 2

Wednesday 24th we did the tourist thing again and visited Blyth Homestead, Tjaynera Falls, Tolmer Falls Lookout, Tabletop Swamp and The Lost City (which isn't lost anymore because we found it!!!)

8 km of this above and below to Blyth Homestead

The historic Blyth Homestead is found within Litchfield National Park, and is also the location of an old tin mine, which is now in ruins. The homestead site serves as a reminder of the tough conditions faced by pioneers in remote areas.

Built by the Sargent Family in 1929, the homestead was abandoned in the early 1960s. It has recently been restored and an interpretive display presents the trials and tragedies of this remote site. 

Tjaynera Falls

The Lost City

The Lost City

Thursday 25th August we pulled out from the Wangi Falls Bush Campgrounds, called at the Florence Falls then on towards Katherine stopping in at the Adelaide River War Cemetery on the way.

Florence Falls

Adelaide River War Cemetery Entry

A total of 434 war graves marked by bronze plaques are contained in this cemetery. The burials are made up of 14 airmen of the RAF, 12 unidentified men of the British Merchant Navy; one soldier of the Canadian Army; 18 sailors, 181 soldiers and 201 airmen of the Australian Forces and seven men of the Australian Merchant Navy. The Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing honours a further 292 Servicemen and women lost to the north of Australia. The adjacent civil section contains the graves of the nine Post Office staff killed on 19 February 1942 during the bombing of Darwin, one of 63 separate occasions from that date. The civilian casualties of WW2 include those of 31 Indigenous Australians.

Graves of the nine Darwin Post Office staff killed in 1942 when Darwin was bombed. 

We arrived back at Deb and Russell's at 'Eagle Park' just in time for afternoon coffee!!!!