Rockholes @ Buleys Litchfield Park, Northern Territory, Australia
By Na'wal on 18-Jul-15. Waypoint GC5ZHJG

Cleaning up. Time to open the map to some new caches ??

Benn here to visit, nice place, a bit to many poeple at the moment, I found this Orchid on the side of the path, most poeple just passt this little buty without noticing.
The weather was not to hot so we did not go for a swimm.
TFTC

Awesome place tftc

Found. I fell off a jumping spot and scraped my leg. Answers sent to co.

Up from Melbourne and now coming to an end of a two week holiday. Visited Darwin, Kakadu & Katherine. Today was being spent at the Litchfield NP. Visited the rock holes of Buleys and was really impressed with the formations here. Unfortunately no time for a swim and every reason to make a return trip. Favourite point from me. Answers provided. TFTC

Had a great day out in the area, really enjoying the sun and the water while in the NT. Great little area.
TFTC

Thank u!

T-Tech and I have flown up from Brisbane for a mini-holiday with family. With a few hours before our meet up time at Litchfield Park later this afternoon, we targeted a few solved puzzles.

We took the anti-clockwise route around Litchfied Park, just because, and met up with our son and his wife and two little ones at Buley Rockhole. We all enjoyed the walk down to the cascades and spent quite a while playing in the icy cold water. TFTC, and for bringing us here, Na'wal.

IolantheK and I arrived from Brisbane and organised to meet up with our Son, his wife and the Grandies. Was a bit of a hit and miss affair with phone coverage but we managed it.
Now time for a swim [^] Fantastic water, just the right temperature for a prolonged dip, beautiful but deadly slippery, even tasted OK.
Played barky boats with the Grandies
TFTC Na'wal a fav from me!

Found at 3:59:00 PM(t) GAFF1.
Gosh - what is going on here! This looks like the mecca for all of the trendy; nice looking; nice body shaped people!
There was hardly any room to plunge in - they were all taken and you didn't really want to move in on some of the girls that had on the skimpiest bikinis we have ever seen!
A very popular spot and we were glad that we had a dip in the river a few kms north!
Thanks Na'wal.

OCW jennyfromthefarm around Darwin, catching up on llgs today TFTC

We were here after doing a trek in the cascades and wangi so we were pretty keen to just wallow in the water like buffalo here. Must have lazed about for an hour and a half here before casually discussing the answers and making notes. A really worthwhile place to visit and swim. TFTEC

Answers sent to the CO by our fellow travellers, beavar. Indeed a popular place on this first Sunday of school holidays. But, we still managed to find a car park, and a square foot or so of water to put our feet in at 11.20am. Time to make our way out of the Litchfield Park and continue our journey towards Katherine. #8599 TFT EC Na’wal

What a great place to come. Wanted to see a watering hole and this was a great example in NT. Lots of people around so was very busy with a lot of swimmers. TFTC and answers sent.

We are here from Melbourne to experience the wet season and thunderstorm and the humidity.

We have really enjoyed our travels this time, a great Earth Cache here.
Lots of fun exploring the area and having a well earned swim - awesome in the early morning when no-one else was around - great for photos
After a great trip around half the country, up the west coast to Darwin via Kunnunura, Katherine, an amazing two weeks in Darwin, out to Jabiru and Litchfield. Down the middle to Alice Springs then on to Millicent for the Geoventure2020 (in 2021).
We then hit the road to cross the WA border before it closed due to a few cases in SA.
Now we are home with a few of the repairs finished, it is nice to have an opportunity to catch up on logging some finds that need more information as part of the logging requirements.
A huge thank you to all the COs along our travels.
TFTC

Went for a nice swim here...until I started hearing thunder. Then, I got out!

Beautiful! Tftc

#Find#: 3827#
Found on: 10 October 2021 11:26
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: earth

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Great location to cool off a bit in the heat.
Answers on their way.
**TFTC for the Earthcache Na'wal TNLNSL**
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Such a nice place and warm water, tftc!

TFTEC. I visited here in June while on holidays from NSW before mayhem broke out. I’m safely tucked away in my very safe haven in the Hunter Valley now. I loved NT and especially Lichfield National Park . The rock holes at Buleys were amazing. I accidentally left my swimmers back in our caravan in Darwin. I’ll have to come back.

It was either impeccable timing or an absolute fluke that saw us manage to outrun Darwin’s first lockdown with 1.5 hours notice and complete our whole 10 day itinerary around Kakadu, Katherine, Mataranka, Edith Falls and Litchfield NP. What an epic adventure it was for two women travelling without husbands and kids. Some much needed “me time” and so fulfilling thanks to the amazing places we went.

I was happy to see another Na’wal earthcache here. I often avoid earthcaches because I don’t have time to do crazy amounts of geological research on my travels. But yours are always easily achievable and tick off what I believe to be the main reason for geocaching: being shown amazing places and having a think about their significance.

Buley Rock Holes was a really special place. Not quite hot enough for a swim at the hour of the morning that we visited, but who could resist. It was still quite busy, but there was plenty of room for everyone. Loved this spot and would love to come back one day to spend more time.

Have sent answers now logging as a find
Enjoyed the swim but found hard to get back out of the water '
tftc

Beautiful spot

Called in for a swim and an earth cache. There are some excellent examples of ripple stone used in the path down to the rock pools. Popular place, we came back a few days later and couldn't even get a car park so left figuring there would be no room to move in the pools. TFTC.

Found with O319. TFTC

This was our favourite Litchfield swim spot. Just beautiful! TFTC. Answers sent.

Found with GrimRaider on our trip to Lichfield NP. What a magical spot! So lovely to stop here and have a dip in the pools and find out more about their formation. Answers have been sent to the CO.

Thanks for hiding this cache Na'wal

Found with Kittykatch today. We had a lovely time at these rock pools. KK has sent in answers to the CO.

TFTC Na'wal

It was a crowded day at Buleys with lots of tourists and visitors enjoying the water. It must have been refreshing to get in there but rush rush rush. One day in Litchfield and you have to see it all. Thanks for one more Na'wal

Really enjoyed the day at Litchfield National Park.

Swam in a few of the watering holes.

Buleys today was packed with people.

I dipped and enjoyed the geology.

Submitted answers.

TFTEC

So much different to 13 years ago when we were here. Even the water course has changed. Still beautiful but over crowded.

Answers sent. A very different visit here for me from 15 years ago (July) Was still very busy, but it was a weekend this time. LOTS of water but still managed a few photos, without seeming inappropriate. What a lovely place, wish we could have had our lunch here, but it was still early in the day. We did swim at the next stop, and wished we had extra towels as it rained (and stormed) for a lot of the day. Many thanks for this (and your other) earthcache/s Na'wal.

Thankyou for the extra information , great spot, answers sent by SMM. Photo taken looking upstream as water rushing to enter the area.

In July 2001 we traveled to Australia . We started with a three days trip from Darwin to Litchfield and Kakadu National Parks.
One of the first great things we visited was the Buleys Rockhole.
A really great spot, like many other we visited down under.

We jumped into the water and enjoyed swimming in the clear pools.
As it was in the beginning of our holidays I didn't know, that this was a very special moment, as you couldn't swim in everywere, because of crocodiles , sharks or jelly box fish on many other places.
On the photo "Signal" is me, right to my side a US - guy who was on the 3 days tour with us.

TFTC # 738, am 19. November 2020 22:48
Besten Dank an Na'wal für's Legen, Hegen und Pflegen von Rockholes @ Buleys

While visiting Litchfield NP, you must come here, too. Just because it's one of the "must see' destinations here. But as a matter of fact, this is a great place.

On a Saturday afternoon there were dozens of people enjoying the pools and picnics. But coming back early on Sunday morning presented a whole different experience: serene natural beauty. Such a relaxing place to be in, listen to the birds sing, watch the water rush past and just let the surroundings come to life in the morning.

This certainly turned out to be one of the highlights of the weekend! Many thanks, Na'wal, for setting up the earth cache and bringing me here!

Beeeeaaauuutiful spot!! Excited to experience a short rain shower as well! TFTC

Answers sent.

I love it here!! The water is so refreshing.

TFTeC Na’wal

Absolutely beautiful area

What a beautiful area!

Thank you for showing us these Rockholes, and the nice afternoon we spent here.
TFTC

Its been a few years since we were last here & there have been some significant upgrades to the facilities in the interim. It has been back to back dismal wet seasons, so the water is the lowest I've ever seen, but the flow remains strong, thanks to the wonderful properties of sandstone.. T4TC!!!

We are part of the group of 8 from Radiance of the Seas...enjoying this beautiful area! Answers sent for all of us by Jackie

We were part of the group from Radiance of the seas, answers sent by Jim&Jackie
Hello from Iowa, USA

It was so refreshing here from the heat. Our group of 8 geocachers are from all over the US and we're on a tour to Litchfield national Park. Email has been sent for Jim& Jackie, wizard Rick, greeneng, and Ken&Nancy. Hello from California

We were a part of the gang of eight off the Radiance of the Seas who were on a tour of Litchfield Park.

We collaborated on the answers and they have been submitted by Jackie, of Jim and Jackie.

I am posting a picture at the location.

TFTC, from the USA.

Danke für das Wissen und den schönen Platz sagen

HunttheHunters and Missy

Das Team Adam 1950, Adam 1947 und Mikestem mal wieder eine Tour mit Aida gebucht.Indonesien -Australien.Hier haben wir viele Caches aufgesucht.Wir waren unterwegs bei dem Landgängen zu Fuß,mit Bus,Taxi oder Leihwagen .Dieser Cache wurde gesucht,gefunden und geloggt.Das Logbuch signiert und wieder alles wieder ordentlich versteckt.
Danke an alle Owner fürs Legen und Pflegen
Adam1950 sagt Danke und viele Grüße aus Germany

Answer sent
FP in

Das Team Adam1950,Adam1947,hat auf ihrer Tour mit AIDA auf allen Landausflügen ( mit Bus,Bahn,Taxi Leihwagen ,Roller und zu Fuß) auch diverse Caches aufgesucht und geloggt . Dieser war auch dabei.TFTC.
Answer sent by Adam1950

Diesen Cache heute zusammen mit Adam 1947 und Adam 1950 besucht. TFTC

During our journey through Australia (from Darwin to Melbourne through the outback) I found this.
TFTC

TFTC. Great spot. Spending time with friends. First visit to NT and enjoying it immensely

Today our tour - which began in Perth, WA , and led us thru Western, Northern and Southern Australia back to Perth, was simply driving around in the Litchfield NP.



On the way we came to some interesting locations. Here we searched, found and logged this Earth-Cache.

Weather was good in the morning and it should even get better during the day.

Thanks to 'Na'wal' for showing us this location, for the fun we had with 'Rockholes @ Buleys' and for the smiley. The search to get the correct answers here and today didn't take too much time, fortunately.

Greetings from Germany and we hope to see you soon in the forest, prairie, desert or outback .

TFTC says H_M_A @ October 19, 2019 @ 10:42 o'clock @ [#13861](https://coord.info/GC5ZHJG)

Happy to be logging this on Earth Cache Day. I visited Buley with a group of students on our school camp and we came here everyday to cool off and enjoy the surroundings. Thanks Na’wal.

Great place for an Earthcache. Thanks for setting it Na'wal. Have been waiting for this day to log it after a visit with friends earlier.

On a tour, I got the opportunity to stop and swin in one of the pools. TFTC

At first we thought to have a swim in one of the pools. But it was a) too crowded and b) too many 1d10t5 with their loud music around. And the pool in the pic was unoccupied, but looked a bit ugly. So we quitted that plan. Anyhow, nice place. TFTC

1 FAV
After discovering the Red Center, Kakadu Park and Katherine Park, here we are in the middle of Litchfield Park. We discover and enjoy the different sites like Termite Mounds, Florence Falls, Tolmer Falls and finally Wangi Falls. On each site, we will make a small hike to see the surrounding nature and we will not fail to log some caches on our way. Thanks to all the installers for the work done. Hello from France. *******************************
Aprés la découverte du centre rouge, des parc de Kakadu et de Katherine, nous voici au beau milieu du parc de Litchfield. Nous découvrons et apprécions les différents sites comme celui de Termite Mounds, Florence Falls, Tolmer Falls et enfin Wangi Falls.
Sur chaque site, nous ferons une petite randonnée afin de voir la nature environnante et nous ne manquerons pas de loguer quelques caches sur notre passage.
Merci à tous les poseurs pour le travail réalisé.
Bonjour de la France.
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It's a really nice place and we enjoyed the bath in the pools very much. My wife redridinghood.ch sent our answers. Hope they're ok. T4TC

The Rockholes are fantastic! After the heat of this day we were more than happy to jump right in one of the pools. I sent the answers for this earthcache for both of us, my husband bloodhound.ch and myself, via email. T4TC

Nice easy access to the pools.
Loved the swim and refreshing sunshine to dry out the clothes.
TFTC

We traveled through Northern Territory for four weeks. We started the journey in Alice Springs and drove to Uluru, Kata Tjuta and then to Kings Canyon, MacDonnell Ranges, back to Alice Springs, to Devils Marbels, Katherine, Katherine Gorge, Kakadu NP, Litchfield NP and then further on to Darwin. On the way we found some caches. This was one of them. TFTC!
#18044

found it WOW beautiful absolutely beautiful. ... but very busy

This was a very popular spot today and you can understand why. Lovely spot to enjoy a dip.

A nice place to play in the water.
TFTC

FR- Suite de nos longues vacances en Australie puis Bali et cache aujourdhui dans le Litchfield Park. very nice time at Buley Rockhole! Facile. Mplc

EN- we continue our great holidays in Australia then Bali. today we are discovering Litchfield Park! very nice time at Buley Rockhole! Tftc

(Answers sent to the owner when internet connection is back)

A trip to Darwin isn't complete without a trip to Buley's. They have done a great job with the walkways since the last time I was out here. TFTC.

First 'find' log for over 3 months - come on people! We stopped and had our lunch here afterwards in the shade of the benches as a procession of people of all shapes and sizes passed by. Great spot, answers sent to CO. T F T E C Na'wal

On the road down to Katherine for a couple of days, and caches, and the scenery is awesome. Whilst down there we headed in via Litchfield and managed to snag an awesome 5 Earthcaches - yay. Also did the boat cruise, an awesome meal at the RSL and a good couple of days road trip.
We're in Darwin after our few days way out West and rather than slim pickings (geocache-wise) there's a feast of finds up for grabs. As it turned out we found a modest amount of finds and just picked at a few here and there rather than the gluttonous frenzy last time I visited in 2012. We were initially staying in the Alatai but that lasted one night before we moved to better digs on Mitchell - wise choice.
It's that time of year at last when we're heading off on a 2 week break to Australia. We're travelling in 2 distinct phases; see our son and his family in Broome for 5 nights then up to Darwin and NT for a 6 night break before heading back to NZ for Winter, brrrr. There were not many Broome caches to be found as we had visited in September 2016, but there were a couple of newbies available and a revisit to some previously enjoyed sights and sites. A great break and good to get some mid-year sun to recharge the batteries. Main focus was Earthcaches and any collateral solved/qualified for Puzzles and Challenges as well as a friendly Event in Darwin on our first night in town. A good trip all round and nice time was had.

What a gorgeous spot! Perfect for a cool down

A beautiful spot - thanks for bringing me here for a cache and a dip.

When we were there to swim it was very hot and we were grateful for any cooling. The lower pool was very soothing and clear so next to us a young man practiced snorkeling. On a water staircase we have massaged the back with the descending water.
It was very nice there because there were few swimmers and we could try every pool, every staircase. totally relaxing

Popped in here on a recent trip to the Lichfield Park. Glad we managed to get down here for the day. Awesome swimming, but like other posters have remarked, gets VERY busy.

Answers sent. TFTC #1227

On our great roadtrip through Australia we went from Katherine through Litchfield National Park to Darwin today and found a lot of amazing caches on our way. This was one of them.

TFTC,
Greetings from Switzerland,
The Navikatzen

After beeing to Wangi and Florence Falls, this is our favourite place for swimming in Litchfield. Make sure you come early in the morning, before all the daily tourists arrive. We were there at 8.30 and had the pools for ourselves.

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 9788. We found this as part of our 2018 Round Australia trip.

We visited this site this afternoon and enjoyed a swim whilst answering the various questions. We've sent the owner a message via the message centre with our answers. This has been our favorite swimming spot of the trip so far. We love Buleys! This one gets a favorite point.

Thanks Na'wal for the cache.

On our way through Australia Clematius and I visited a lot of very interesting places. We spent quite some time on Earthcaches but we found some traditional caches, too. Thanks to all owners for showing unique places and for hiding and maintaining.

While discovering Litchfield National Park ElizaBennet and I did some geocaching as well. Thanks a lot for showing to Na'wal.

Holes, holes and holes, what a nice place to have a rest !

Responses will be sent by email soon. My orange lego brick is hidden somewhere in my photo

TFTC/Merci Na'wal pour la cache

smy #864

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Love Earthcaches for the Geokids

A beautiful spot that's also very popular on a dry season weekend, judging by the hordes that were bathing in the pools! Answers sent, thanks for setting this one up.

Find 1797
A great day at Buley Rock Hole. Plenty of bombing in a couple of the deeper pools.
Answers sent.
Thanks for another great Earth Cache.

While staying in Darwin I took the day to visit Litchfield NP. After a walk to Florence Falls and back I had a swim then noted the necessary info for this great place. So relaxing! TFTEC

After completing the EC questions and having a light lunch in the picknick area, we went for a swim in two of the pools. It was so refreshing.

Many thanks!

Found with tassie expat. Great place thanks. Warm enough for even me to jump in!

Another great spot. Even though I'm an expat Taswegian, now living in Victoria, the water was too cold for me. If it's not bath temperature, I won't go in past my knees.
Enjoyed watching others though. We love ECs as they teach us something about what we are seeing. Thanks again for everything.

Tftc. Great earth cache & great spot to visit!

Travelling around the world I visited Australia as well. The needed information could be found.

After spending the night camping at Florence Falls, we visited here the next morning. Very popular swimming spot in Litchfield NP and can see why. Beautiful crystal clear water flowing down into a series of pools. Great place to relax and enjoy the surroundings. Thanks Na'wal for another nice earth cache.

Last night we spent at Florence Falls.. After a short visit of the falls this morning, we continued our Australia Tour with direction Rockholes..
They were sooooooo amazing.. For me it was a bit too early to jump in for a swim.. If we would have been there in the afternoon, no one would have stopped me.. *g

Thanks for the cache

Just sent answers--thanks for this one! We loved these rock pools.

One of the last caches visited on a long day exploring Litchfield National Park. From here we returned to Tolmer Falls to watch the sunset before heading back to Darwin. Another great location. Thanks for setting this earthcache. Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

We spent 17 days exploring the Kimberley trekking from Darwin to Broome along the Gibb River Road. It was an amazing adventure, with beautiful scenery lots of wild life and great company with Kimberley Off Road Adventures.
Prior to the tour we hired a camper van and explored Litchfield and surrounds.
Answer being sent by message.

On a serious 4 week roadtrip with Zauberkeks from Darwin to Perth I would like to thank all cache owners for the fun and information factor!

Buley Rockholes was one of these very special locations that I sincerely enjoyed! (answers were already sent by Zauberkeks)

We had a pretty extensive bathing session here!

Thnx and greetings from Germany,
CacheAffairs

We got here rather late -- so we had the place totally to ourselves and enjoyed a really fun and refreshing time.

Thanks for bringing us here and greetings from Germany,
Zauberkeks

Family of 6 travelled around Australia in a camper trailer on the holiday road trip of our lives. It's been a long time since we came home, but I kept good notes and am now reliving our trip by logging the caches we found on our travels.

Loved Buley Rockholes and loved swimming in every rockpool here starting from as high as we could, all the way to the bottom. Had some rather conflicting rockpool counts with the kids, but I think we all agree its the perfect place for a bomb dive!
TFTC

My last day in Australia today. I log this Geocache on this last day in Australia. Soon as im back home I will give you the answers and and a photo.

A road trip with my younger brother that I haven`` t seen for the last 6 years. Made me to do this trip. Between Yulara and Darwin we found lots of Geocache` s. It was an awesome trip that I will never forget. We have visited so many beautiful places and seen so much, love this place. Thanks for having me Australia, I certainly enjoy all the views and hidden treasures.

TFTC

Hi there Na'wal - another full day in Litchfield NP, and after a late start we began at the Magnetic Termite Mounds then to Florence Falls and after lunch back into Bachelor and surrounds. Answers have been sent in to the CO. This is our find #5026 - thanks to Na'wal for this cache.

Lovely place! Lots of people.
Enough shade. It's a good place for take a rest when you discover Litchfield Park.
Thanks for place a cache here!
You wil get the answers when I have internet.
TFTC!

Geo mum loves rocks and associated Earth Science lessons, which means us Geo children see a lot of them!
We are on the road for a few months so Geo mum is using that as an excuse for more Earth caches, she's using EC's as part of our school work and gets us to answer them.
Since leaving home in Victoria and coming through Central Australia we have seen A LOT of rocks, it's amazing how many landmarks are rocks and how many different types there are.
We thank the CO's that have taken us to special rocky places and to CO's who have given some variety and produced EC's that are a little out of the box, our Earth is amazing and we are very lucky to be doing hands on Earth Science ( can you tell geo mum write that bit!?)
Anyway we appreciate the effort the CO's have put in, apologies for the generic log data and time are low at the moment.
**Dad broke mums phone so some photos are unavailable until we get home in September.
TFTC!