Tag:Waterfall
Mount Hay Range Swamps 16 May 2024 A pleasant walk in the woods and the swamps! I even managed to get my feet mostly dry when crossing the many swamps (or is it the same big swamp?) we encountered in the area. The surprise were two waterfalls, one with grinding grooves. The swamps were teeming with flowers: banksia, button grass and pink swamp heath but no leeches! Another area to explore in the future!
Undisclosed Creek 30 March 2024 I had unfinished business with this creek: 600 m of terra incognita which turned out to be nice! The rain and storms of the last few years were not kind to the creek: logs, debris, impenetrable scrub made our progress slow! We spent several minutes deciphering old graffiti dating back to 1949 on an overhang. As we continued on the scrub gave way to a forest of coachwoods. We soon arrived to a waterfall and […]
A WATERFALL 18 December 2023 Getting to the bottom of these falls was on my to-do list. I had been close three years earlier but had to retreat as rain was threatening. The vegetation was dense then and it still was! We set out on a muggy day and followed the creek upstream. After some huffing and a lot of puffing we eventually arrived to the bottom of the falls. We spent some time taking pictures and had morning tea. […]
HENSON GLEN AREA 8 November 2023 We were on our way to Walford Wall when we hit metaphorically the first hurdle: the gate was closed! Another group was similarly baffled by the closure! A quick look on the Parks website confirmed that indeed Mount Hay Road was closed to vehicles! Plan B was quickly devised: Henson Glen! I had wanted to check the 15m waterfall on the map for a long time! So off we went on Bruce’s Walk and […]
