Bushwalk Australia

by **MickyB** » Thu 12 Dec, 2013 11:49 pm

A couple of Steavenson Falls taken at night. These falls are located in Marysville and are floodlit each night until 11pm.

by **MickyB** » Fri 03 Jan, 2014 10:15 pm

Visted a few more falls today in South Gippsland.

by **MickyB** » Fri 03 Jan, 2014 10:17 pm

A couple more

by **MickyB** » Fri 03 Jan, 2014 10:19 pm

And a couple more

by **MickyB** » Sat 11 Jan, 2014 12:00 pm

I have been living in the Dandenongs for about 14 years and never knew these falls existed until recently. Not much water coming over them at the moment but would look very nice in winter. They are approx 4-5m high and very overgrown at the base.

by **MickyB** » Thu 20 Feb, 2014 1:09 pm

I went to the Otways yesterday to see some falls.

: Little Aire Falls

The tracks to Hopetoun Falls and Beauchamp Falls were closed so here are some photos of what they would have looked like if the tracks were open :wink:

: Hopetoun Falls

: Beauchamp Falls

by **MickyB** » Fri 28 Mar, 2014 10:19 am

I decided to take the day off work yesterday and go in search of some waterfalls in the Strzelecki Ranges. Our first stop was Albert River Falls. The drive to them took about an hour longer than expected due to traffic, road works and the GPS getting us lost on several occasions. We were expecting a hard slog through the bush to reach them but found that someone had made a rough track down to them which was a welcome surprise.

by **MickyB** » Fri 28 Mar, 2014 10:39 am

We then decided to go in search of a couple of other un-mapped falls on a tributary of Albert River that we had been told about. The area was very steep with thick scrub and took us about 1.5 hours to cover about 500m from the car to the river. We then waded and rock hopped up-stream for another 700m or so. We found the first falls but they were very hard to photograph due to surrounding cliffs. We didn't attempt to find the second falls as were worried we would run out of daylight and didn't fancy trying to get out of the area in the dark. In the end we found a much easier way out which will make things much easier for our return trip.

by **neilmny** » Fri 28 Mar, 2014 12:03 pm

Nice work.

by **FreeHiker** » Wed 02 Apr, 2014 8:07 am

absolutely beautiful waterfalls!! Would love to go there!

by **MickyB** » Sat 10 May, 2014 5:57 pm

Here are some falls from the Otways visited over the last few days.

by **MickyB** » Sat 10 May, 2014 5:59 pm

Some more...

by **MickyB** » Sat 10 May, 2014 6:03 pm

And another. This one was taken from my mobile phone as, stupid me, forgot to put the SD card in the camera :oops:

by **MickyB** » Sat 31 May, 2014 6:04 pm

A couple more from today:

by **MickyB** » Sat 05 Jul, 2014 12:45 pm

A couple of falls from the Otways from yesterday.

by **MickyB** » Sat 12 Jul, 2014 1:08 pm

Some from the Otways from yesterday:

: Gorgeous Falls; Gorgeous Falls.jpg (319.4 KiB) Viewed 310984 times

Unfortunately I couldn't get a photo of these falls that show the height but I estimate they would be 20-30m tall. From these falls we headed down stream and through the gorge hoping to get to Box Canyon Falls. We passed several small falls and then made it to the top of another waterfall which also had a drop of 20-30m. We were not sure if these were Box Canyon Falls as our GPS reading did not match up to the map. We debated if the GPS reading was inaccurate due to being in the gorge as well as the low cloud or if the waterfall was marked in-correctly on the map (we know this was a possibility as Gorgeous Falls was not marked correctly). We had no hope of getting to the base of these falls and could only get a photo from the top.

: Box Canyon Falls??????????; Box Canyon Falls (top).jpg (253.22 KiB) Viewed 310984 times

We got back to the car soaking wet and cold but thought we would visit a couple of easier falls on the way home.

: Carisbrook Falls; Carisbrook Falls.jpg (239.84 KiB) Viewed 310984 times

by **MickyB** » Sat 26 Jul, 2014 11:30 pm

We visited a couple more falls today:

: Snobs Creek Falls

The base of these falls are rarely visited but they were stunning.

: Evelyn Falls 1st Drop; Evelyn Falls 1st Drop.jpg (387.11 KiB) Viewed 310910 times

: Evelyn Falls 2nd Drop; Evelyn Falls 2nd Drop.jpg (323.91 KiB) Viewed 310910 times

It was very hard to get a photo of the 2nd drop because of the steep terrain, thick vegetation and rock walls.

by **MickyB** » Sat 09 Aug, 2014 7:25 pm

A couple of waterfalls we visited today:

by **MickyB** » Sat 09 Aug, 2014 7:26 pm

A couple more

by **MickyB** » Mon 18 Aug, 2014 8:52 am

Another waterfall from yesterday - Loves Falls in the Strzelecki Ranges.

by **MickyB** » Sat 06 Sep, 2014 2:45 pm

Here is a couple of photos of some falls taken yesterday. They are located in and near Mt Worth State Park.

: Courtney Creek Falls (or trickles); Courtney Falls.jpg (315.44 KiB) Viewed 310655 times

: Birrigun Falls; Birrigun Falls.jpg (289.04 KiB) Viewed 310655 times

by **MickyB** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 4:18 pm

Hers is some photos of waterfalls I visited yesterday.

: Sailors Falls

Unfortunately only one out of the two drops were flowing.

: Sailors Falls showing both drops

: The Blowhole

The Blowhole is a tunnel that was built by gold miners in the early 1870s. A hole was cut through the spur to redirect the water allowing the dried up creek bed to be sluiced for gold.

by **MickyB** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 4:21 pm

A couple more

: Loddon Falls Upper

: Loddon Falls Middle

: Loddon Falls Lower

by **MickyB** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 4:26 pm

And some more

: Trentham falls; Trentham Falls.jpg (274.52 KiB) Viewed 310485 times

: Trentham Falls from the base; Trentham Falls 2.jpg (241.57 KiB) Viewed 310485 times

: Turitable Falls; Turitable Falls.jpg (387.25 KiB) Viewed 310485 times

by **MickyB** » Sun 19 Oct, 2014 1:01 pm

Some photos from falls we visited yesterday.

by **MickyB** » Wed 05 Nov, 2014 4:35 pm

With a public holiday in Melbourne due to the Melbourne Cup (the horse I backed was so slow the jockey kept a diary of the trip) we decided to head down to the Otways to visit the Mousetrap Falls complex (our 3rd attempt). Although there wasn't a lot of water in the creeks the falls were still nice (they would look awesome with a good flow). The names of the falls may not be 100% accurate due to the little amount of info available.