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Hogarth Falls 2019 Mar

Hogarth Falls 2019 Mar

Poor Hogarth Falls, having to follow on immediately after the excitement of bagging the elusive Svengali Falls. That is not really a fair competition, but we wanted something low-key for the afternoon, after having a well-deserved and delicious lunch in the Rosebery Cafe (home of the local Fat Burger – and an exceedingly dog-friendly place. [They were even nice to humans, too.] No one has paid me to say this – or anything I say! My mind is not for sale. I am a renegade citizen in an age of economic justification of every action.)

This is my second ever visit to these lovely falls, but my first photographic one. The first occasion was a very long time ago, and I had forgotten that there is a very pleasant walk to the falls (roughly fifteen minutes in each direction), through lush forest, passing several little riparian beaches with their tannin-coloured water, light pebbles and mossy, arching, overhead branches. Strahan, like Rosebery, is a wonderful dog-friendly town, so Tessa greatly enjoyed being part of the expedition, and meeting other people along the way. Asian visitors to the falls seem to have entirely forgotten their original reason for being there as Tess grabbed – and duly received – all the attention. Dogs love waterfalls too, you know.

To get to the falls, go to the far eastern end of Strahan, to the People’s Park. Once in that park, signs will direct you to the falls.


Sorry, my magenta line goes too far on the road. I forgot to switch it off. Start and finish in People’s Park.

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Pencil Pine Falls 2018 Dec

The Pencil Pine Falls are a tiny walk (just a few minutes) from the Cradle Mountain Lodge and Visitor Information Centre. As with the Knyvet Falls, I had never spent the time getting a good shot of these falls, as their closeness meant my attention was always wrested by attractions further afield. These were being saved for a rainy day, and that’s exactly what I got today. For my post on nearby Knyvet Falls, see my blog http://www.natureloverswalks.com/knyvet-falls/

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Knyvet Falls 2018 Dec

Knyvet Falls 2018 Dec

On this very stormy and dangerous day in December, I set my alarm and drove in the dark to Cradle Mountain, all mentally prepared to go canyoning with a commercial group. Fifteen minutes before arriving, I got a message to say that regrettably, the adventure had been cancelled. Anyone who participates in outdoor activities should know that it is wise and sensible to call it quits before someone gets seriously hurt. The canyons will stay exactly where they are.

But here I was at Cradle. What should I do, given that it was dangerous to go up high on a day like this? I decided that this was the perfect occasion to photograph Knyvet Falls and their nearby neighbour, Pencil Pine Falls. Normally, I am all eagerness to get higher and further than this, so did not have any good photos of either falls.

The walk to the falls was minimal (7 mins 30 from the Visitor Information Centre – signed), but I then spent the next three hours immersed in nature, photographing and having this beautiful area all to myself (thanks, no doubt, to the weather): just water, trees and Louise … perfect. (Pencil Pine Falls will get their own blog, viz. www.natureloverswalks.com/pencil-pine-falls/).

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Tahune Falls

Tahune Falls 2017

The Frenchmans Cap track (see below) is incorrectly marked on the List map, and, if you go by it, you would never see Tahune Falls. The track on the ground, however, crosses the creek which runs into Lake Tahune and runs to its left for a while, so if you stay on the track and don’t try to stay on the black dashed line on the map, and if you pay attention to sound and the hints of sight, you may find Tahune Falls on your way up to Frenchmans Cap. Given that most people find climbing Frenchmans to be a long task, I suggest you visit these falls on your way back.

I noticed them on my way up to climb a far flung peak called Clytemnestra (not on any tracks, and over the other side of those fearsome vertical cliffs the other side of the beret’d gent). My friend and I got back to our tents, and she wanted to retire to hers to sleep. I didn’t, so took myself back up the hill to these falls. I met another guy there, and we spent a delightful while together, just gazing at the flowing water and enjoying what the gentle falls had to offer before going back to the lake to cook dinner.

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Bastion environs 2018

Bastion Environs 2018 Nov 24th

This blog was going to be titled “Hidden Falls”, but, as said falls remained true to their condign name, and as we, the searchers, returned home empty handed of that particular waterfall, I have had to label it “Bastion Environs”, for in our search for this Holy Grail, we roamed far and wide in the upper environs of Bastion Creek and its minor tributaries. I can unequivocally report that these Hidden Falls are NOT on Bastion Creek, where one web report places them, and neither do they lie on any of its mapped tributaries.

Diaphanous Falls
But hey, I am an orienteer, and am more than accustomed to the control description “shallow gully”, so we searched lots of those too. We have eliminated all shallow gullies adumbrated by the map except for two, adjacent to each other. We agreed that, given the lie of the land, the placement of cliffs and more, one of these two adjacent tiny gullies must contain our prize. I marked our guess with a waypoint. Since then, I have had our guess confirmed, and we have an exact location. I will return while the water is still flowing nicely.

Gossamer Falls Upper
Do not feel one scrap sorry for us that we didn’t get our goal today. Working for a prize makes it all the more precious – and there were many fabulous consolation prizes along the way. The most hidden of these rewards I dubbed the very boring Hidden Falls B, until Steve suggested The Waterslide. This is a perfect name for these falls. You really did feel you were gazing at a brilliantly constructed waterslide. And why should they live in perpetual declaration of their failure to be the real thing, Falls A? So, The Waterslide it is. Other falls nearer to the Bastion Cascades that occupied our photographic attention and time were what we have called Diaphanous Falls (to the right staring at the main falls), and Gossamer Falls Upper and Lower (to the left). None of these falls is on the map. There are no official names we know of; the names are ours and we like them.

Gossamer Falls Lower
And what else did we do with our eight and a half hours’ elapsed time? We photographed, I sang, Steve recovered, I ate, we stared spellbound at beautiful places and we chatted. Steve is a new friend, made through the Waterfalls of Tasmania Facebook page. The next day, I was going to meet up with Jai, another new friend from that group. Carrie, with whom I have had many fun adventures, and Craig, Bec and Caedence are also friends I have met and explored waterfalls with via this group, to name just a few. Our shared love has brought us together. Meanwhile, I feel I know the Bastion environs to the north and west quite intimately, and yet I have by no means explored all its photographic potential. That said, I returned home with 98 photos to edit. Sigh.


The Waterslide