Inside tip · Litchfield National Park

Litchfield's magnetic termite mounds: which way do their thin edges point?

Answer: North and south

These mounds stand up to two metres high, with thin edges pointing north–south and broad backs facing east–west.

Accessible boardwalks · just off Litchfield Park Road

Hundreds of mounds dot a wide flood plain, and some are up to 100 years old. An information shelter explains them and the nearby Cathedral Termite mounds.