A Visit to the Cascades at Litchfield NP

Early start to beat the heat. Well worth the scramble to the Cascades ... a beautiful swimming spot. 

I just wanted to stop and look and listen for hours here!

Native Porpoise/Fish Thing at The Cascades, Litchfield

Rocky Walk to the Cascades 

Pretty happy with the Cascades

Mermaid impersonations 🙂

Can you see the fish?

Stunning cascading falls

And a rather large spider

Bitter Springs

One night stop at Bitter Springs in Mataranka... we floated down the thermal stream, enjoying the mineral rich pool, the ambience, the warmth and peace. Good stuff

Devonshire Teas in Larimah

Quick lunch stop in Larimah... at Fran's Devonshire Teas... Actually now being run by her grandson. Lovely guy, full of the history of this township, population of 8. Scones were scrumptious as well as the vanilla slice. As we sat there, we were joined by one of the local lads (lives a mere 150kms away "out west") we were regaled with his tales of close call plane crashes and subsequent broken back recovery. Great fun, and a wonderful stop. Apparently the buffalo pies are really good, but we were stuffed, so can't attest to this.

Definitely worth a stop ... next time we will stay at the caravan park.

The Pink Panther CP

The Devil's Marbles

After a fabulous surprise of great meals and happy hour and powered site at the Devil's Marbles Hotel, we headed on to the Devil's Marbles themselves. Spectacular.  Lovely walk amongst the rocks. 

McDonald Ranges ... Simpson's Gap

A gentle walk just to explore Simpson's Gap, located close to Alice Springs.  What a beautiful oasis!

All on my own!

Water to be found, too!

Just a short walk from the main carpark.

The Rim Walk Kings Canyon 23/5/21

Sticky and I feeling a bit proud of ourselves

The colours are simply indescribable

The Garden of Eden - pretty much permanent water hole

Sticky and his overhang

Sticky and Nora having a little rest

After our climb up the steepest bit.

Kings Canyon Day 1 22 May 2021

Love the flowering bushes

And the gums 

The varying colours of the sandstone

Walking into the Canyon itself...

And tomorrow we are going to walk - UP THERE

The diversity of this place is extraordinary... the colours defy the eye. Walking into the Canyon is easy and gentle... unlike our planned walk tomorrow 🤔