Sunday, May 3, 2009

Litchfield Day Three

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The rich beauty of Litchfield and the TableTop Range is exemplified by the Cycas caieicola and Hibiscus leptocladus in a setting of rocky outcrops at the start of the Territory dry-season.
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Tolmer Falls with plenty of volume after several weeks of dry weather. Frederick Henry Litchfield named the falls in 1865.
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The escarpment above Tolmer Falls has several rock pools before the plunge.
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This particular Cycad Cycas caieicola only grows here and around the Katherine Area.
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Along the top of the escarpment at Tolmer Falls I found the Quinine Tree Petalostigima pubescens.
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Near Tolmer Falls is GreenAnt Creek & Tjaetaba Falls.
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