Many Falls Creek

[currawong]

Alan Jackson and I recently did a walking decent of Many Falls Creek off the Southern Ranges track, it appears on the Leprena 4818 map sheet. It is a tributary of the D’Entrecasteaux River and its head waters are between Hill 1 and Hill 2. As the name attests there are indeed many falls, about 13. I found the creek by searching Google earth images. The biggest of the falls can be seen here:

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Catam ... 16&iwloc=A

Trip Notes
We parked at the Mystery Creek Cave car park and walked up the Southern Ranges track to just above the saddle between Hill 1 and Hill 2. I had my sunglasses knock off during the climb up through the forest (Black Oakleys if anyone finds them) and Alan had his blown off on Hill 1. We then sidled around Hill 1 descending towards the creek. We then followed the creek down, bypassing waterfalls as needed. Once at D'Entrecasteaux we followed it down to Exit Cave and walked out the Skinner Track to the car. This took 12 hours of very hard walking, crawling, climbing, slipping over and difficult navigation.

There are 2 falls about 40m high. There is a lot of white lichen on the rocks, forming a white canyon at one point.

Alan asked the nomenclature board for what information they have about MFC and this what is on file:

9904G; Many Falls Creek

Assigned at Meeting Number 164, held on 18 December 1970, gazetted 10/3/1971.

Originally proposed as "Waterfall Creek", which was not acceptable as there were many 'falls creeks' in the State. Original and substitute names proposed by W W Hay, who provided the mapping committee numerous names in this area.

Has any one else been there? Who is W W Hay?

Thanks,

Gavin.