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Batchelor

Once the service centre for Australia's first uranium mine, Rum Jungle (now closed), Batchelor is the gateway to Litchfield NP.


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Coomalie Cultural Centre at Batchelor College has an extensive display of Aboriginal artworks. There is a mini replica of Bohemia's Karlstein Castle on the Rum Jungle Rd.

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Lake Bennett Wilderness Resort, 25km NE, offers fishing, swimming, windsurfing, boating, bushwalking and accommodation. Swimming is also popular at Rum Jungle Lake, 10km west. Litchfield NP, a magnificent wilderness area, is 20km to the west. Most of Litchfield's main attractions, such as the magnetic termite mounds, Florence, Tolmer and Wangi falls and Buley Rockhole can be accessed via the sealed Litchfield Park Rd. A 4WD is required to reach the unusual and enticing sandstone rock formations of The Lost City, Tjaynera Falls and the ruins of the old Blyth Homestead; during the Wet season the tracks can become impassable and may be closed. The park has rainforest walks and camping grounds.

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Copyright 2007, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. cmsadmin. (2005, May 20). Batchelor. Retrieved July 24, 2008, from Plan Book Travel Australia Web site: http://www.planbooktravel.com.au/australia/nt/batchelor. This work is licensed under a Universal Publishers. Universal Publishers

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