Litchfield National Park Short Walks

Walking is really a great way Walk Cascades Walks to discover the wonders of Distance: 1.6 km return Lower Cascades Walk . Time 45 minutes Distance: 2.6 km return Grade: 3 - Moderate Time: 1.5 hours There are several short, well (rocky in parts) Grade: 4 - Moderate to signposted walks across the Park Difficult that help you explore a range of Start at Tolmer Falls lookout. Start at carpark. habitats, landscapes and views A pleasant alternative route The quickest way to Cascades that are typical of the Top End. back to the car park from the Tolmer Falls Lookout. It takes Creek is via this shady walk; Arrive in the Park well prepared you through typical Top End however it’s closed during the with a hat, drinking water, energy sandstone country and along wet season due to flooding and snacks, sunscreen and sturdy Tolmer Creek and a tributary. an increased risk of crocodiles. footwear, and an extra hour Swimming is not permitted above Upper Cascades Walk or so to spare. Then take the the falls. Distance: 3.3 km loop opportunity to ‘get away from it (dry season) all’ on one of these walks. Walk Distance: 1.6 km return 3.6 km return Find the locations on the attached Time: 1 hour (wet season) map or, once you are in the Grade: 3 - Moderate (steep Time: 2 hours Park, on road signs and maps at in sections) Grade: 4 - Moderate to Difficult information bays. There is a map Start at Wangi Plunge Pool. Start at carpark. and safety information at the start The walk takes you to a viewing Takes you up onto the Tabletop of each walk. platform at the base of the falls, Plateau, several vantage points through a monsoon forest, then Shady Creek Walk provide sweeping views of the via stairs up to the escarpment ( Area) lowlands below. The walk can be so you can enjoy the peace of Distance: 1 km one way hot and exposed, so be prepared Time: 30 minutes the stone country above the falls. and take adequate water. Grade: 2 - Easy Swimming is not permitted above Start at Florence Falls Picnic the falls. Walker Creek Walk Area or the Plunge Pool. Greenant Creek Walk Distance: 3.5 km return This beautiful walk along Shady Distance: 2.7 km return Time: 2 hours Creek is a good alternative to the Time: 1.5 hours Grade: 3- Moderate main track to the plunge pool that Grade: 3 - Moderate (steep Start at carpark. has 160 stairs! Signs along the in sections) A wonderful walk along a crystal way introduce you to the cool and Start at the bridge across clear creek. You can swim in the inviting monsoon forest and the Greenant Creek. creek near the picnic area or at a savanna woodland. This shady walk fringes the shared camping and swimming monsoon forest and creek hole at the end of the walk. Florence Creek Walk Distance: 3.2 km return upstream, climbs steeply to Please respect the privacy of Time: 1.5 hours Tjaetaba Falls, then up to a campers along the way. Grade: 2- Easy tiny pool above the falls, where Tjaynera (Sandy Creek) Start at the Upstream Picnic Area you can dip your toes to cool Falls Walk or Buley Rockhole. off - swimming is not advised. (Reynolds 4WD Track) This walk follows Florence Creek Greenant Creek and the area Distance: 3.4 km return between Florence Falls and Buley downstream of the Falls is a Time: 1.5 hours Rockhole. Please park your sacred site - please show your Grade: 3 - Moderate vehicle in one of the carparks respect by not swimming here. Start at the car park. at Florence Falls, as parking is This quiet track winds along limited at Buley. the creek and past a hillside of cycads before reaching the plunge pool. Allow time for a refreshing swim.

Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Park Office Regional Office - Goyder Centre Ph: (08) 8976 0282 25 Chung Wah Tce PALMERSTON NT 0830 PO Box 496 PALMERSTON NT 0831 www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au Ph: (08) 8999 4555 Short Walks

Rum Jungle Road To Darwin (90 km) and Finniss River Berry Springs (58 km - unsealed section) Darwin (115 km)

Litchfield Tourist Park 13km

Bamboo Creek Road Florence Creek Florence To Batchelor Tin Mine Park 18 km Batchelor Bamboo Creek

Woolaning Walker Creek Florence Litchfield To Channel School Point Falls Magnetic Mounds by permit only Buley Litchfield Rockhole Safari Camp Cascades Aida Creek Latitude 1308 Jump up Litchfield

Cafe Stuart Highway

Wangi Falls

Tjaetaba Tabletop Falls Swamp

Tolmer Falls Greenant Creek The Lost City Blyth Homestead (Ruins)

Tjaynera Falls (Sandy Creek) Reynolds River River To Pine Creek (112 km) Adelaide

Reynolds River LEGEND

Information Accommodation Mistake Creek Adelaide 4wd Swimming (West Branch)

4WD Track Toilets Walking Tracks River

Disabled access Lookout River

Adelaide Picnic Historical Surprise Creek Kiosk Ranger Station Falls

Art sales Fuel

Camping Telephone Emergency Call Caravan Device Batchelor to Termite Mounds...... 35km Batchelor to Florence Falls...... 42 km Police Medical assistance Florence Falls to Wangi Falls...... 26 km Park Boundary 4WD track - from Litchfield Park Road 4WD Track to Daly River Road...... 44 km To Daly River Sealed Road (36 km) Daly River Road To Stuart Highway Unsealed Road

Australian Walking Track Grading System User Guide for Northern Territory Parks

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 For your Safety Easy (Disabled access) Easy Moderate Moderate - Difficult Difficult

No bushwalking No bushwalking Suitable for most ages Bushwalking Very experienced experience required. experience required. and fitness levels. experience bushwalkers with Flat even surface with The track is a hardened Some bushwalking recommended. Tracks specialised skills, no steps or steep or compacted surface experience may be long, rough and including navigation sections. Suitable for and may have a gentle recommended. Tracks very steep. Directional and emergency first wheelchair users who hill section or sections may have short steep signage may be aid. Tracks are likely have someone to assist and occasional steps hill sections a rough limited. to be very rough, very them. Walks no greater Walks not greater than surface and many steep and unmarked. than 5 km. 10 km. steps. Walks up to Walks may be more 20 km. than 20 km.

D/05/2015PWCNT Information Sheet For more information see our website: www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au/or contact Tourism Top End (08) 8980 6000 or 1300 138 886 www.tourismtopend.com.au