Natural Park

The Litchfield National Park is a national park located in the northern part of Australia. Located near the small town of Adelaide River it has a population of just a few hundred people. It is about seventy miles south of Darwin, a much larger town. To the north of the town of Adelaide River is the Adelaide River Australian Military Cemetery which is dedicated to the lives lost in World War II. The Litchfield National Park is the most popular park in the Darwin regional area and attracts more than 250,000 visitors annually. The park is about a two hour drive from Darwin and is definitely more along the lines of gentle more than the rugged nature of Kakadu.

Litchfield encompasses 350,000 acres/140,000 hectares of spectacular countryside. Although it''s just two hour's drive southwest of Darwin, the park provides big samples of varied environtment: open woodlands, scenic waterfalls, rugged gorges, intriguing rock formations, and blossoming meadows beneath broad, cloud-scrubbed skies. The land uses the flat sandstone plateaus of tabletop range as a base, from where the grasslands and low shrubs tumble sharply into dazzling cliffs, and where thin, clear streams sizzle down the dark rock races in misty cascades.