Litchfield National Park

Litchfield National Park is renowned for spectacular waterfalls, safe swimming and opportunities to experience the rugged landscapes of the Top End. The park is located 120 km south of Darwin, covers about 145 600 ha and received about 330 000 visitors per year. It is one of the most highly visited parks in the Northern Territory.

It is a popular destination for Darwin residents, interstate and international visitors. It's in close proximity to Darwin (an hour and half drive) with a range of activities (swimming, walking, camping, four-wheel driving, extended bushwalking, fishing, nature appreciation) and different standards of facilities (highly developed to natural) provide significant recreation and tourism opportunities for visitors.

The park is recognised as a premier conservation reserve for its high biodiversity and large number of species of conservation value. It protects biodiversity of regional and national significance, in a region that is developing rapidly. This high species diversity is due to the variety of habitats including sandstone plateaus, monsoon rainforests and swamps, Melaleuca woodlands and lowlands and alluvial plains. Water movement is an important factor in the shaping and maintaining of these ecosystems. The park contains water-dependent ecosystems, which are of regional significance as important wildlife habitats, including monsoon forests, riparian and floodplain habitats.

Litchfield National Park has significant cultural value. The area is significant to the local Aboriginal people, who have an important connection to the land. Sites of cultural significance of ritual, mythological and spiritual importance to the Aboriginal people and that underpin their connection to country and cultural obligations include several registered sacred sites and a variety of art sites dating back several thousands of years.

The park contains historical values of regional significance that illustrate the development of the Top End pastoral and mining industries which had a profound effect on the culture and lifestyles of local Aboriginal people. Two sites within the park are registered on the NT Heritage Register. The sites are Blyth Homestead which was part of an operating pastoral station and Bamboo Creek tin mine which operated sporadically between 1906 and 1955. The park also contains the wreckage of a number of World War II Spitfires.

This page is not officially linked with the NT Government and has been run to share the beauty of LNP for anyone and everyone.

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