Sunday, July 15, 2012

23rd June

The first of the waterfalls you come to in the Park is the Buley rock hole. A nice gentle falls with a small swimming hole half way down.

                If you look hard you can see people in swimming. It was a bit cold for us wimps.

The next lot on the trip were the Florence falls. These were what we had expected,big with a lot of water flowing over them.


 Taken from the viewing platform looking down on the falls. Three people, 2 guys and a girl jumped off the rock between the 2 falls,the light brown bit that you can see. It took them a while to get up the courage, but one by one they did it. The girl had a Bikini on and unfortunately my eyes weren't good enough to see if she still had it on after the jump; bugger!!

 Yes 135 stairs down and another 135 up again. It was a long haul up but it was worth it.

 A lovely sheltered swimming hole,quite deep. I just about fell in getting this shot. I hope you appreciate it.
                                                  This was the rock I nearly fell off.

The next Waterfall was the Tolmer falls, only viewed from a lookout on the rim of the gorge.


                                Quite spectacular and probably the highest waterfall in the Park.


 The Wanji falls are probably the prettiest with the biggest pool,but watch out in the Wet season!!

                      A precautionary sign it would pay to heed when it starts to rain!!

                             A very pretty spot with lots of Fish in the crystal clear water.

                                 There go those Geriatrics again getting in the way!!

The last Water fall we went to was called the Cascades. We weren't sure what to expect here as there was a bit of a walk in to it.

                                                         Looks a bit like Croc country!!

                 Helen not too sure about this stretch of water. Is that a Croc under that log?



  When we finally got there it really wasn't worth the long walk in, but I suppose you have to go and look.

On the way in we saw this sign and carried on,but on the way back I noticed the big pile of mud next to it and it crossed my mind that it looked suspiciously like a Croc nest where they lay their eggs.
Yes I watch the wildlife shows on TV too !!

We weren't sure so we beat a hasty retreat, though I suspect they had cleaned out all the Crocs from the park before the Tourists arrived. Though being Aussies you never know.
We did the Lost City on the way out but that's for the next installment.
Cheers Helen and Dave

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