Liffey State Forest, in the Central Plateau….
Still using Liffey School as a base, we headed out to do the walk to Liffey Falls. What a beautiful Forrest, big tree ferns, big trees and magnificent water falls.
There are 3 areas on the way down that you can look out from
The walk in was easygoing, with plenty of interesting things to pause and look at, like this hole in a tree stump, and I didn’t stick my hand in to see if the occupant was home.!
Looking up you can see how thick the forest is, and what a perfect day to be doing the walk.
once we reached the bottom of the falls it was brilliant. Without getting our feet wet we were able to get up close to the water. I like the pic of the sun peeking through the trees.
Before we left the forest we did a short walk in to see this big tree. I’ve seen bigger in WA, but this is a big one.
Next we drove around the lakes, and did the conservation board walk. Again another beautiful place, but the wind was freezing so we didn’t hang around long.
To finish off our day out we drove up to the power station lookout, nice views from up there. Then back to the van and put on our Diesel heater. Best investment before coming to Tassy.
We moved camp and are now back in the R V park at Campbell Town. We had a nice dinner at the Ross pub and planned a day out in the Ben Lomond National Park
OK, let’s go and do Jacobs Ladder, a good day for the climb, no rain or snow. And we’re told it’s a must do.!
We stopped in to the Ski base Cafe for a coffee before doing the climb
Up… Up..
The rocky cliffs were amazing and the gravel road was very steep and narrow and winding.
Surprisingly at the top there was nothing open, and not all that cold..I was able to get some photos of the bush flowers that are there.
There’s only about half a dozen chalets at the top .
I liked this little water garden on the edge of the road.
Then it was time to go down to the base again.
A pretty good day out, and we didn’t have to exert ourselves. The next day we visited Bicheno a pretty little coastal town.
From there we went up into the ranges and did the rock climb up to the Sisters lookouts . The steepest climb I’ve ever done. Not only hard on the legs but on my arms as well as I had to pull myself up with the rails.
Higher and harder, till we reached the top. but the 360deg views were worth it.
Some of the rock formation was pretty good as well
On the way down I stopped to take some photos of some of those fungus plants I like.
Last night we camped at Lagoon Beach camp grounds. I was looking forward to some beach walking after all the hard yards we’ve been doing.
It was beautiful on the beach this morning. The weather is glorious.
After our beach walk we hooked up the van and started heading further North..We had brunch at a little jetty on a river. Think someone got their high tide levels wrong as the jetty was under water .?
We fuelled up at a interesting service station, this afternoon.
We are now at Saint Helens. This afternoon we went for a drive to the beach. So let’s go for a walk…
It started out easy, and ended up challenging to say the least
No longer a beach walk it turned into another rock climb!!
Anyway it was another nice day . This time next week we will be back on the mainland. Night for now,xx