There was some snow in the area recently, but it was forecast to be clear on Saturday, so I took a quick trip up there on the weekend. I thought I'd share a few photos.
Here's a map of the area:
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I went anticlockwise around the Lyrebird Walk, starting from Robinson's Knob trail. Soon I noticed a little waterfall up to the right of the track, and climbed up to take a look. Underneath it there was what looked like an ice sculpture. It took me a while to realise it was a tree branch thickly coated in ice; the mist from the waterfall had accumulated overnight.
Just south of Weeping Rock there was a frozen waterfall with lots of icicles on an overhang nearby, which was a thrill because I've never seen them up close before:
I completed the circuit but didn't actually go to Weeping Rock, then I met some other walkers who mentioned that it was covered in white in the morning. So I took a short trip there in the afternoon from Banksia Point picnic area.
When I got there the high cliff was still covered in icicles, but they were melting by that time. There were occasional cracking sounds, and bits of ice would plumet down -- the ground was littered with bits of broken icicles. I was careful not to get hit
.Before I started the walk, I visited Point Lookout to look at the view, and the wind felt kind of arctic -- I wondered what I had got myself into. But it wasn't so bad down in the valley. So I can recommend a trip to New England even if the temperature has been low.
