All of us were deep in thought as we hit the road again. Our past few days had been an incredible rollercoaster and we needed time to stop and process it all. We therefore decided to push past the famous Litchfield National Park and go somewhere a little quieter. Now don't get me wrong, Litchfield is beautiful, but Jo and I had been before, and it is close and accessible to Darwin. Sometimes you just have to make the call to stop and let the dust settle.
The perfect place for a couple of nights to clear the head was Edith Falls. The falls are in the Nitmiluk National Park, just north of Katherine. A massive plunge pool with clear water was just the ticket to wash off the dust of the road. It also doubled as swimming lessons for the school diary.
Our rest day at Edith Falls started slowly with a good old fashioned sleep in. In fact it was the first time we had slept properly in days. We caught up on some school work, and I tinkered with a couple of little odd jobs that had been neglected for a while. It was lovely.
