After leaving Batchelor we drove back to the Magnetic Termite Mounds and took some photos and read about the termites. The magnetic termite mounds are unlike the larger Cathedral Termite Mounds in that they are built in the direction of north to south, so that they get full sun on one side in the morning and then full sun on the other side in the afternoon.
We then drove to Florence Falls, had lunch at the kiosk and then walked down the bottom and had a swim. It was very busy with lots of tour groups making the climb down the 135 steps. It's still a great place for a swim with the crystal clear water, fish and the two waterfalls.
I ran into a little friend while I was down there and tried to get some photos of him.
Can you spot him on the log?
We made the trek back up the steps and then drove into Buley Rockholes. As we did another two buses of tourists arrived, the place was jam packed and we decided to return tomorrow morning when there are less people sharing these swimming holes with us. Alyssa will have to get up early in the morning. Trent was devastated and demanded to know why we had wasted our time walking the 100 metres down to them if we weren't going to swim. He had a bit of a hissy fit and took off at a great rate of knots back to the car.
While we were here we checked out the 4wd and 2wd campsites between Florence Falls and Buley Rockholes. The 4wd ones only really had 2 out of 8 sites that were suitable for soft floor camper trailers, the rest were really only big enough for tents. The 2wd section had much larger sites, not all of which were level but were well set out and large enough for even the biggest of soft floor camper trailers.
Back at camp we took the opportunity to have a late afternoon swim at Wangi Falls when there weren't many people around. It was great having the majority of the plunge pool to ourselves. After dinner we headed over to the rangers slide show on the area which was quite informative.
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