Today was for exploring the park; we headed off down the Reynolds 4WD track which I had considered using as a route into the park but decided not to because of time constraints. This turned out to be a good decision because the 40 km track was closed 9 kms from the park end. We checked out the old Blyth homestead, though calling it a homestead was a little stretch on the imagination, it was a single room for both sleeping, eating and anything else.

Blyth Homestead – 1928

Apparently it was used by the eldest sons of the family that ran a nearby station for cattle mustering and tin mining when there was no cattle work. It certainly gave you an idea of the hardships endured to just to survive in this country in the 1930s & 40s.

From there we continued down to Sandy Creek falls (PC: Tjaynera Falls) and there was a 1.7 km hike to the falls, it took a little convincing to get Jacky into her bathers and onto the track. It was 11:45 and Jacky is regularly complaining that I attempt to initiate walks in the middle of the day. Anyway we headed off down this track looking for the falls and a place to swim, the track was like a goat track, we had to stop and step off the track at one point to allow another couple to pass. We finally reached the falls and what a sight, a massive pool with beautiful clear water and a huge 80 mtr waterfall into the pool.

Sandy Creek Falls – Litchfield NP

We swam right over to the falls and looked up to see the water cascading down. The water was cool and very refreshing and we would have stayed there nearly 2 hrs, in fact while I was busy taking photos Jacky just stayed in the water and even when it came time to go it was difficult to get Jacky out of the water.

Jacky at Sandy Creek Falls (Its time to go!!)

Sandy Creek Falls – note the young lady enjoying the afternoon sun to the right of the falls

By the time we got back on the road we were running out of time to do much more, we went to another falls that was just a lookout and then we decided to head back to camp to Wangi Falls for another swim, I just can’t seem to keep this lady out of the water. Who would have thought, Jacky wanting to swim in June.